Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!housen From: housen@ssc-vax.UUCP (Kevin Housen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Setting Laserwriter Linewidth Message-ID: <1085@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Jan-87 19:53:32 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.1085 Posted: Mon Jan 12 19:53:32 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 19:07:25 EST Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Lines: 26 Keywords: Laserwriter, linewidth, PicComments You can easily set the line width used by the Laserwriter by using PicComments.... All you need to do is make a call to PicComment (see IM) with kind=182, dataSize=4 and a dataHandle which leads to a Quickdraw point. The vertical component of the point is the numerator and the horizontal component is the denominator of a scaling factor that the current pen size is multiplied by to obtain a new pen size. For example, if the point is (v=2,h=7) then the pen width and height are multiplied by 2/7 to obtain the new pen size. Apparently there was an error in Tech Note #91, which claimed that the new pen size is given directly by the components of the point. This seems to work, although I found that I needed to preceede the PicComment with at least one call to DrawString or LineTo (e.g. write a space character with DrawString), otherwise nothing printed. Argh. Kevin Housen Boeing Aerospace MS 3H-29 Seattle, WA 98124 (206)-657-3484