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Re: Legal Paper

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From: Steve Winters
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1989 06:48
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In article <2044@gmu90x.UUCP> rauletta@gmu90x.UUCP (rauletta) writes:
>I would like to tell an Apple LaserWriter to take legal size
>paper on manual feed. (Don't have a legal paper tray for
>the Apple.)  Hence could someone pass along the necessary
>code for the insertion into the prolog of the postscript file?
>

The following postscript code fragment should do the trick (possibly 
depending on which LaserWriter you are using).

------------cut here-------------

legal   % sets up a legal sized frame buffer; this works on a LaserWriter II
        % and should work on the original LaserWriters as well. 

statusdict begin
/manualfeed true def 
end 

Steve Winters
Usual disclaimer: My comments are my own; I do not speak for Apple.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!winters
From: winters@Apple.COM (Steve Winters)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Legal Paper
Keywords: Legal Paper Manual Paper Feed Postscript Troff Eroff
Message-ID: <32442@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 89 06:48:05 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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