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querying settings on QMS printer

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From: Andrew Partan
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1989 01:26
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We have a new QMS printer that does not have its margins set correctly
(things that print fine on our LaserWriter get their edges shaved off
on our QMS).

I saw the 'margins' & 'setmargins' commands, but being a complete
PostScript novice, I don't know how to use them.

What I really could use would be a couple of little PostScript programs
that I could print, one giving me the current margins & a visual
display of where they were, and then another one that I could use to
set the margins.  With these two I could iterate until the margins were
correct.

By extension, I would like something similar that I could print that
would show me all of the various PostScript variables.

The variables that I saw in the QMS book were:
	pagecount int
	pagestackorder bool
	ramsize int
	(string) printername substring
	hardwareiomode int
	softwareiomode int
	25 sccbatch baud options
	dostartpage bool
	dosysstart bool
	allowjobreset bool
	margins top left
	defaultpaperfamily int
	defaultpapertray tray
	defaulttrayswitch bool
	defaulttimeouts job manualfeed wait

Thanks for any help,
	--asp@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Partan)
	ASN.1 Object Identifier: "{joint-iso-ccitt mhs(6) group(6) 157}"
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From: asp@uunet.UU.NET (Andrew Partan)
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Subject: querying settings on QMS printer
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