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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Printing and Thanks to Carolyn et. al. (ANSWER to Question)
Message-ID: <1275@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Dec-86 16:22:24 EST
Article-I.D.: cadovax.1275
Posted: Mon Dec 22 16:22:24 1986
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Reply-To: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA
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In article <1151@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski GUEST) writes:
>	Since EA did not allow the user to input the number of x and y
>pixels to print on the printer, the driver will use preferences to figure
>out what to do.  It determines the number of x and y pixels to print
>via the left/right margin and the page size.  Basically it computes
>the number of chars between the left and right margin and attempts to
>print a picture (in x) of that size.
>	So............ if you play with changing the right margin,
>(which will change the size of the printout) you MAY end up getting
>a printout with none of the above problems.

Then again, you may not.  Using DPaint I, I constructed a 320x200
'test pattern' that consisted of alternating vertical black & white lines
across the top, and alternating horizontal black and white lines across the
left edge.  By adjusting margins, I found that anything over 1-85 or so gave
me good results across the top, but didn't seem to affect the results at the
left edge ( every so often, black lines were replicated).  I then tried
to adjust the page length, which had absolutely NO effect.  Perhaps if
I adjust margins more, the software will think that the aspect ratio 
is such that it will come out the way I want, but I kinda doubt it, cause
it seems that that calculation is fixed, though I still don't know why
making the margins larger yet don't seem to have any discernable effect.
I finally gave up in disgust.  I've been too busy to try one of the 
screen dump programs yet to know what they will do, but that is what
I'm planning to do about it next (at least until I get DPaint II).

Keith Doyle
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