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Re: Patching the ImageWriter page length variable

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From: David Casseres
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 1990 19:07
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In article <3056@draken.nada.kth.se> ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) writes:

>   Tractor-fed paper ("Z-fold") is usually exactly 12" in length. 
>   Does anyone know how to patch the LW driver so that one of the
>   paper choices, say, the US Letter (unused in this case since
>   mostly A4 is being used) would automagically give a form-feed
>   length of 12 inches?

Actually, in the U.S. the standard tractor-fed paper is exactly 11" in 
length.  What you want is the size called "International Fanfold" in the 
U.S. -- I don't know what label is used on the dialog button in other 
countries.  This size is 12 inches long and 210 mm wide.


David Casseres
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Subject: Re: Patching the ImageWriter page length variable
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