While the big boys often do get inside information on printer drivers, etc., I
don't think it is correct that if you specify .5 inch for a left hand margin
that most printers will also then add their internal .25 internal minimum to
that and end up using a .75 left hand margin. I believe the way it normally
works is that the .25 only kicks in if you specify in your program a margin
LESS than .25 -- at least that's what I've always experienced. This happens in
WORD and most other programs. For instance, in WORD if you specify a margin
that is less than the printer can handle, you'll get a message saying something
like "specified margins are outside of your printer's parameters, resetting to
correct the problem."
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
From: GAmoore at aol dot com
To: gettingstarted at lists dot realsoftware dot com
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:30
Subject: Print Margins - the way the big boys do it
I have one question. If RB simply can not know the printer dimensions, so
when you say .5 inch margins, the printer ads it own internal .25" margin. If
so,
then why is it, that every professional application I know of, allows you to
specify exact margins? Not only Word 200X, but even my old Wordperfect 3.54
that has not been updated in 8 years and can only be used in Classic Mode can
allow perfecttly aligned margins. Do the big boys get access to the driver
code
somehow or the OS in some way that we can not?
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