Re: off topic Question of the day..
On Sunday 10 July 2016 18:45:05 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> 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??
This printing facility is I believe, tdeprint. No, I just ran it, and
thats not what I'm looking at. Ahh, I just spied the "e" so its evinces
own printer driver.
>
> 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
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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