Re: off topic Question of the day..
On Sunday 10 July 2016 14:58:16 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> Does the image cover the whole sheet of paper??
I can make it pretty close to borderless with another 1 or 2 percentage
points of size increase.
Its a logic flow diagram and to get the text in a logic box big enough to
read, it occupies a minimum of 6 sheets of landscape 11x17. Fairly
complex signal flow. The .hal file that generates it is around 640
lines. Taping it together and sticking it a about a third of a sheet of
thin plywood to make it studyable is about a 1.5 hour job by the time
the borders are cut away, and its adjusted so all the lines meet when
the tape is applied takes 2 cups of coffee and several trips to a well
worn diamond plate to keep the knife sharp. The plate was 800 grit 25
years ago, probably around 8000 grit equ now.
> On Sunday 10 July 2016 05:09:34 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 09 July 2016 21:51:52 rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Saturday, July 09, 2016 07:14:24 PM Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > I believe it is. Checking, yes. If that is the correct size, and
> > > > its truly borderless when selected as "tabloid(borderless)", if
> > > > the paper guidance can be improved, that would be ideal as when
> > > > I trimmed it up and put it on a big sheet of light plywood this
> > > > morning, I was trimming about 1/2" from all 4 edges on average.
> > > > And it was set for "A3(borderless)" at the time. What size in
> > > > our antiquated inch system is A3?
> > >
> > > A3 is what I consider a metric size (well, it is an ISO
> > > standard)--in inches it is 11.7 x 16.5 in.
> >
> > Humm, wider but shorter.
> >
> > > If the only choices on that printer feed door are in the A series
> > > of sizes, that may explain why the feed doesn't work to align the
> > > paper properly.
> >
> > I was just trying to set the guides, such as they are, to fit the
> > width of the paper, but had to tape then down to hold them as it
> > takes only a gram or maybe two to move them, so they slide equal
> > amounts in both directions the instant a sheet of paper touches
> > them. Useless design other than the auto center the cross coupling
> > enforces if you tape it down so it cannot move.
> >
> > > I'd start by trimming one sheet of 11x17 paper to 11x16.5 and see
> > > if that feeds better.
> > >
> > > I don't know how easy it is to buy A series paper in the US.
> >
> > It feeds the short edge in first, unlike the paper trays, both of
> > which can be set for several different sizes, but they both feed
> > long edge first. So once its been grabbed, there is still about
> > 14.25 inches of paper hanging out in empty space with zero guidance
> > because the curl of the paper as it passes over the top edge of this
> > "door", lifts the paper a good 1/4" above and totally free of the
> > guides. Most worthless design I have ever seen. Paper centering and
> > feed alignment are completely at the mercy of the human trying to
> > insert the paper centered and square. And I do not believe that if a
> > sheet of Lexan was added to extend the paper support for at least
> > 8", and it was screwed to the plastic of the door, the stoppers
> > incorporated into the plastic hinges would actually survive a sheet
> > of tagboard laying on it, combined with the weight of the Lexan, too
> > heavy. A sheet of 28 lb copy paper is ok, but not a hand laying on
> > it.
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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