Re: off topic Question of the day..
On Saturday 09 July 2016 18:28:27 Doug wrote:
> On 07/08/2016 11:45 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Friday 08 July 2016 21:35:30 Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> Greetings all;
> >>
> >> I bought, about a month ago, a big Brother MFC, proclaimed that it
> >> could do 11x17 prints when single sheet fed from the slot in the
> >> rear.
> >>
> >> Its a Brother MFC-J6920DW.
> >> So having a rockhopper output file that has been exported as a pdf
> >> by inkscape, I ordered up a ream of 11x17 28lb paper from wallies.
> >>
> >> But I'll be switched if I can find a setting anyplace that will
> >> make it use a sheet of it fed thru the rear slot/door.
> >>
> >> Anybody here got the magic incantation to keep it from shrinking
> >> the image to unusability on the paper in the two front trays?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
> Slightly OT: Do you have an 11 x 17 scanner? If wo, what kind?
Yes, with an ADF too, on top of the printer. Works well too.
>
> --doug
>
> > Call in the St. Bernards, I found it. With the pdf loaded into
> > evince I was able to set "current page" in its printer dialog, then
> > it called the system gizmo, and on the 2nd tab was a paper selection
> > pulldown that had the 11x17 selection available. And darned if it
> > didn't work! Biggest problem was getting the paper started straight
> > enough. Very poor and downright flimsy guidance hardware for the
> > rear big sheet/odd size input port.
> >
> > Job done and now I know how. ;-)
> >
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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