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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

yOn Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Sindi,
>
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:29:23 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
>
> > Does ghostscript offer the option of printing the bottom 1/2" of a page?
>
>    I don't think so.
>
> > The printer can obviously print it, since if I print A4 pages they print
> > right to the bottom (and there is even some that does not get printed
> > because the page is longer than my paper) but letter size pages leave a
> > 1/2" blank at the bottom instead of printing the last 1/2".  I don't know
> > if this is a default for ghostscript or for my HP laserjet 6 printer.
>
>   Remember that most printers leave a margin left/right/top/bottom on which 
> they cannot print because of their own geometry.  I don't know about laserjet 
> printers, but I know the size of my deskjet's print area, and I have set it 
> accordingly for most of my printing.
>
>   Maybe you need to edit your laserjet.filter or whatever it is called, so 
> that it knows it has to print a whole letter-sized area.

I think letter size is the default but I can try specifying it anyway.


We have fixed the Ljet 6 paper feed by disassembling the printer (there is 
a website with detailed instructions at one of the printer repair parts 
places) and cleaning off (alcohol?) the two small snap-out auxiliary pads 
to the side of the central slippery one (which has to stay slippery - 
putting in something stickier kept it from feeding any pages).  Now it 
feeds one page at a time instead of all of them.  The website said to 
REPLACE the side pads ($11 plus shipping).  The side pads appear to hold 
back the rest of the sheets.  We also cleaned the rubber rollers.

I think I can get David's odd/even script working at 300 dpi.  Turns out I 
had two copies of the printing script on my computer, and I had omitted 
-res 300 on the one first in the path.  So pdftopnm, then cut off the 
first 150 rows (chop off the top 1/2") with pamcut and rename using 
Steven's suggested approach with {}, and print with David's scripts using 
pbmtolj.  I will first try specifying letter size instead of using the 
default.

I think we will use up the colored ink in the Epson C80 with the Win98 
computer I saved for upgradin internal X2 modems with (requires Windows) 
until I learn to compile gimp-print or someone else does it for us.


 > Regards,
>         Ron
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