Re: Printing Question

[Vidiot <brown ftms COM>]

>I have setup A HP5mp with a jetdirect card as my printer and it seams to
>print, however the margins are not correct.  This is a postscript printer
>and I have allowed printtool to create it's defaults.  The problem is that
>the top margin is incorrect.  If you print out a test page the top margin
>which is suppose to be .5" from the top of the page is only about .2".  I
>have tried to change the margin setting in the printtool, but that does not
>help.  If I had to venture a guess I would say it has something to do with
>ghostscript options.  Any ideas on how to correct the margins?

Excuse me, but why are you trying to limit the capability of a PostScript
printer?  Unlike HP-PCL, which does have margins because it will print raw
text, PostScript isn't like that.  "Margins" are part of the formatted
PostScript document, not forced into the printer.  Postscript is basically
able to print in any location, on or off the paper.  Of course, if you
print off the paper you won't be able to see it :-)

The only thing that the printer has that will affect PostScript output is
the "printable area," which is about .2" from each edge.  The printer just
can't place ink into that outside strip.

So, please explain what you are up to.

MB
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