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[wpmac] Re: A1 paper size?

--- In wordperfectmac@yahoogroups.com, "Edward Mendelson" <em315@...> wrote:
>
> Furthermore, what you describe as theoretically possible is also practically
possible. I found an OS 9 DesignJet driver and installed it in OS 9.04 running
under SheepShaver. I used the Adobe PS driver to create a virtual printer that
used the DesignJet printer description file and saved the output to a PS file on
the desktop. WordPerfect crashed a few times when I tried to select this printer
driver and choose an "ISO A1" paper size, but it finally settled down, and
created a .PS output file in A1 format. I copied that file to the OS X desktop,
opened it in Preview, and saved it as an A1-sized PDF file.
>

I've now updated my BasiliskII-WPMac setup to include a "Plotter-sized" virtual
printer driver that can create PDF files in A1 or any other conceivable page
size. Details here:

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/mac-intel.html

(John: I've also made minor improvements in the installer script.)




Sun Jul 5, 2009 4:26 pm

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Does anyone know if it's possible to print out to A1 size from Sheepshaver?...
iainmeek
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Jul 3, 2009
6:29 pm

... Are you asking whether you can print an A1-size page from WordPerfect for the Mac, running under Sheepshaver? If so, the answer is No. If you're asking...
Edward Mendelson
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Jul 3, 2009
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... Interesting. If the printing device can handle A1, where is the limitation? WP/Mac (I believe other WP versions have no such limit) or Sheepshaver? - and...
John Kaufmann
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Jul 4, 2009
3:59 am

... All versions of WordPerfect (including the current Windows versions) have a page size limit of 27.3 inches. As Roy Lewis explained in a recent post on a...
Edward Mendelson
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Jul 4, 2009
4:48 am

... Actually, Mac WP uses the Quickdraw coordinate system (72 dpi), not the WP Windows system (1200 dpi). It is therefore, theoretically, possible to print to...
Kevin McCoy
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Jul 4, 2009
5:51 am

... You're right, and I was completely wrong. Fascinating! Thanks for that - I'd never guessed that the Mac version used a different system of measurements. ...
Edward Mendelson
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Jul 4, 2009
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... Nor would I; it would be interesting to see a discussion of why the apparent relative coarseness of MacOS/Quickdraw (72dpi vs 1200 dpi) works so well. Are...
John Kaufmann
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Jul 5, 2009
3:44 am

... It is because Mac WP uses a 32 bit fixed point number instead of a 16 bit integer number. Effectively giving it a resolution of about 720,000 dpi. ...
Kevin McCoy
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Jul 5, 2009
12:06 pm

... And Postscript does help. Since it uses a floating point coordinate space, which is easily converted to from the fixed point space....
Kevin McCoy
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Jul 5, 2009
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... I've now updated my BasiliskII-WPMac setup to include a "Plotter-sized" virtual printer driver that can create PDF files in A1 or any other conceivable...
Edward Mendelson
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