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Different paper sizes in Groff

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From: Markku Sakkinen
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 05:58
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I have tried to make alternate versions of PostScript documents 
(using Groff) that would be suitable for printing on USA "letter" paper
instead of the ISO A4 that we use here.  I have even printed a test page
on a Letter size sheet on two different PostScript printers here,
and it came out as expected.

However, everybody in USA who has tried to print the things has complained
that approximately two lines from the top of each page are missing,
so vertical alignment goes wrong.  Can anybody suggest a remedy?
My own alternative hunches are:
1. Perhaps I should create another "device" for the postprocessing,
   otherwise copying evertything from ordinary "ps", but defining
   a different paper size in DESC.
2. Some kind of set-up prologue should be added to PostScript files
   (or run separately before them) for them to work correctly on
   American-configured printers.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Markku

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Markku Sakkinen (sakkinen@jytko.jyu.fi)
       SAKKINEN@FINJYU.bitnet (alternative network address)
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
University of Jyvaskyla (a's with umlauts)
PL 35
SF-40351 Jyvaskyla (umlauts again)
Finland
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From: sakkinen@jyu.fi (Markku Sakkinen)
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Subject: Different paper sizes in Groff
Message-ID: <1992Apr15.055808.18484@jyu.fi>
Date: 15 Apr 92 05:58:08 GMT
Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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