Re: off topic Question of the day..
On Sunday 10 July 2016 23:21:44 Gene Heskett wrote:
> 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.
I was wondering whether any of the feed problems are due to Te paper you are
feeding, and what you told it to expect, are different. Can't you set evince
to expect American idiosyncrasies??
Lisi
>
> 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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