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Article #58449Re: Ghostscript & Canon BJ330
From: Reg Braddock
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00
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In article <4q443f$ijt@al.imforei.apana.org.au>,
pjchilds@al.imforei.apana.org.au says...
>
>Adam Frey (adam@eden.apana.org.au) wrote:
>: In <4q3l1u$5od@chuckie.apana.org.au> braddock@labrador.apana.org.au (Reg
Bra
>ddock) writes:
>
>: >I have an incredibly irritating problem - the printing on each
>: >successive page is 10mm further down the page than the last page. The
>: >result is that, after only a few pages, the output spews across
>: >sheets.
>
>[cut]
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>: I suffered with this problem for about a year and a half. It was present
>: under OS/2, Linux and FreeBSD. The simple answer is that neither the 10e
>: nor the 200 modes in ghostscript are properly compatible with the 330.
>
>: If there is a solution other than using a different printer, I never found
>: it.
>
> Check the config files for ghostscript looking for the a4 paper size
> definition.... when you find it you'll see it describes the size
> in some wierd measurement... now check exactly what a a4 page *should*
> be and what your printer is printing... and scale the number and
> create a new page size definition.
>
> Should work.
Hi Peter,
It hasn't worked so far :( I think my next printer purchase will be
postscript to save pissing around.
Reg.
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