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VUTRAX Technical SupportVUTRAX SOFTWARE ADVICE NOTICE 148 - 27 Mar 1996 (HTML version corrected 30 Mar 96 - see Ampersands) PLOT - Direct output to HP Colour DeskJets The default HP DeskJet setups do not make optimim use of the A4 paper area. o Some European printers do NOT default to A4 paper size as defined by the PCL-5 specification, but to the shorter 'Letter' size. o Various margins are assumed. o The mechanical design of the paper feed means that the printer can print from the very top edge, but can not print in the final 0.6" (approx) of the page. You can maximise the printed area by editing the following lines into whichever of HPDJ560P.PXY or HPDJ560C.PXY you use. After the line:- $Ib=1;$K27;*r2Q$J$ insert the lines $K27;+l26A$N after the + is lower case L $K27;9$K27;+l0E$N after the + is lower case L and Zero IMPORTANT - in the above, replace character + with ampersand. HTML defines a special way of displaying the character, but our authoring tool doesn't do it properly, and screws it up if we provide the proper sequence. The first line sets A4 paper size. The second line resets horizontal margins, and then sets the top margin to 0 lines. If you want a little more top margin change the 0 to 1 or 2. Please tell us whether you prefer the effect, and whether you chose a non zero top margin. With this information we will decide whether this change becomes part of the next major issue, and what refinements we need to make. Thank you. Circulation: Customers enquiring about image size on HP DeskJet printers. Web Site. |