In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDF
Every fortnight my wife gets a pdf file to print 15 copies off. She has problems printing this from her Macbook Lite.
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Excellent - but how do I persuade it to print duplex, please?
What I need is to print four A5 pages as a pamphlet on to A4. It does the setup beautifully but will only produce two separate sheets.
In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDF
In message <59cfb19cffPaul@sprie.nl>
Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:
In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints
perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDF
Excellent - but how do I persuade it to print duplex, please?
What I need is to print four A5 pages as a pamphlet on to A4. It does the setup beautifully but will only produce two separate sheets.
Every fortnight my wife gets a pdf file to print 15 copies off. She has problems printing this from her Macbook Lite.
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
So I have used PDFUtils: *pdftops <filename> creates a PostScript file. If
I drop this on the Printer icon I get one perfect printout.
But how can I print 15 off?
The .ps file is 5MB and takes a significant time to get to the printer.
Yes, I can drop it on the printer icon 15 times and wait. But that's a
pain, and a long job!
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Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
In message <59cfb19cffPaul@sprie.nl>
Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:
In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints
perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDF
Excellent - but how do I persuade it to print duplex, please?
What I need is to print four A5 pages as a pamphlet on to A4. It does the
setup beautifully but will only produce two separate sheets.
Err goto to the print option from the menu over the document, and tick the "Double sided printing" I would think. Obviously your printer driver must also support double sided printing.
In article <8e3db6cf59.JCCArc@arcady.plus.com>,
Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
Excellent - but how do I persuade it to print duplex, please?
Duplex printing is usually set by the printer driver - or directly on the printer itself. However...
What I need is to print four A5 pages as a pamphlet on to A4. It does the
setup beautifully but will only produce two separate sheets.
!PDF has a pamphlet option in the Print menu. Make sure that you haven't
set duplex printing on the printer driver and start printing. Half way, the program will ask you to turn the paper over. Ready. (That is, I had to experiment a bit as to how exactly the paper should be turned over, but pamphlet printing is surely possible.)
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Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
In message <8e3db6cf59.JCCArc@arcady.plus.com>
Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
In message <59cfb19cffPaul@sprie.nl>
Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:
In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints >>>> perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDF
Excellent - but how do I persuade it to print duplex, please?
What I need is to print four A5 pages as a pamphlet on to A4. It does the >>> setup beautifully but will only produce two separate sheets.
Err goto to the print option from the menu over the document, and tick the >> "Double sided printing" I would think. Obviously your printer driver must
also support double sided printing.
O.K., I did that and selected 'Pamphlet' but still two separate sheets. I
can email the PDF file to the PC and it works fine to the same network printer. I'm using the Postscript 2 printer option on the iMX6 and
printing to the file as normal. Obviously getting something wrong
somewhere.
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Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
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Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
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Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
In message <59cfb19cffPaul@sprie.nl>
Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:
In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints >>>>> perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDF
Excellent - but how do I persuade it to print duplex, please?
What I need is to print four A5 pages as a pamphlet on to A4. It does the >>>> setup beautifully but will only produce two separate sheets.
Err goto to the print option from the menu over the document, and tick the >>> "Double sided printing" I would think. Obviously your printer driver must >>> also support double sided printing.
O.K., I did that and selected 'Pamphlet' but still two separate sheets. I
can email the PDF file to the PC and it works fine to the same network
printer. I'm using the Postscript 2 printer option on the iMX6 and
printing to the file as normal. Obviously getting something wrong
somewhere.
So you are using a network printer? Ok then why are you using Postscript 2
? You need to send it your printer direct as the Postscript 2 driver does
not actually support flipping the page for duplex (Double sided printing).
Does your printer support PCL5 or 6 or even better Postscript/Bscript,
etc.? What model/make of printer is it.
Richard Darby has various Duplex drivers that can used with your network printer - available via !Store they are free.
In message <6d77bfcf59.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
Richard Darby has various Duplex drivers that can used with your network printer - available via !Store they are free.
Installed that. However, it seems that I still have to flip the paper manually. If I don't set Print Both Sides and from that Pamphlet then it
does proper Duplex but not the Pamphlet. Hmm. Either I'm doing something
very wrong or I can have Duplex but not Pamphlet or Pamphlet and not
Duplex.
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Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
In message <636bbacf59.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
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Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
In message <59cfb19cffPaul@sprie.nl>
Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:
In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints >>>>>> perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
http://www.riscos.info/packages/DocumentDetails.html#PDF
Excellent - but how do I persuade it to print duplex, please?
What I need is to print four A5 pages as a pamphlet on to A4. It does the >>>>> setup beautifully but will only produce two separate sheets.
Err goto to the print option from the menu over the document, and tick the >>>> "Double sided printing" I would think. Obviously your printer driver must >>>> also support double sided printing.
O.K., I did that and selected 'Pamphlet' but still two separate sheets. I >>> can email the PDF file to the PC and it works fine to the same network
printer. I'm using the Postscript 2 printer option on the iMX6 and
printing to the file as normal. Obviously getting something wrong
somewhere.
So you are using a network printer? Ok then why are you using Postscript 2 >> ? You need to send it your printer direct as the Postscript 2 driver does
not actually support flipping the page for duplex (Double sided printing).
Does your printer support PCL5 or 6 or even better Postscript/Bscript,
etc.? What model/make of printer is it.
Kyocera Ecosys P5026
Richard Darby has various Duplex drivers that can used with your network
printer - available via !Store they are free.
Installed that. However, it seems that I still have to flip the paper manually. If I don't set Print Both Sides and from that Pamphlet then it
does proper Duplex but not the Pamphlet. Hmm. Either I'm doing something
very wrong or I can have Duplex but not Pamphlet or Pamphlet and not
Duplex.
In the printer driver have you set Double sided printing on the RISC OS
side
In article <59cfb19cffPaul@sprie.nl>,
Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:
In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints
perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
As I said
!PDFtest prints it, but not quite to scale.
The edges are slightly clipped. !PDFtest was the first thing I tried.
In article <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Is there any reason why you don't use !PDF? As far as I know, it prints perfectly to scale, while you can specify any number of copies.
!PDFtest prints it, but not quite to scale.
But how can I print 15 off?
The .ps file is 5MB and takes a significant time to get to the printer. Yes, I can drop it on the printer icon 15 times and wait. But that's a pain, and a long job!
According to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1890591/postscript-number-of-copies
You want a
/#copies 15
command in a
%%BeginProlog
%%BeginSetup
...
%%EndSetup
%%EndProlog
section, which presumably already exists in your file.
(which is not to say there isn't a better way using the printing system rather than hacking the Postscript)
In message <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>
"Richard Torrens (News)" <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
Every fortnight my wife gets a pdf file to print 15 copies off. She has problems printing this from her Macbook Lite.
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Have you checked the Printer setup options with !PDFTest ?
Have you checked your RISC OS printers page size and graphics margins?
Don't forget you can export from !PDFTest a new Postscript file or even another PDF, menu over the PDF
In article <fdabb4cf59.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
In message <59cfaaaa29news*@Torrens.org>
"Richard Torrens (News)" <News+19074@Torrens.org> wrote:
Every fortnight my wife gets a pdf file to print 15 copies off. She has
problems printing this from her Macbook Lite.
So I use RiscOS. !PDFtest primts it, but not quite to scale.
Have you checked the Printer setup options with !PDFTest ?
No. But !PDFtest has no paper size option. It has a variable scale.
Have you checked your RISC OS printers page size and graphics margins?
No. Text margins are already zero. I will have to experiment with
Graphics margins.
Within !PDFTest > Print > Setup > Try ticking either or both the "Scale
to Fit" and/or "Use Paper margins" Remember to click on Set for that
session or Save to keep those settings.
See if that fixes your issue.
Also !PDFTest appears to be no longer on
https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/
aka
https://www.cgransden.co.uk/
!PDFTest is an enhanced version of !PDF with more facilities
In article <2f39b4cf59.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
!PDFTest is an enhanced version of !PDF with more facilities
But it doesn't run on my 4té (Pi4). It freezes the machine while loading, without any error message.
In article <169be0d359.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
try this version, It requires VFP which you should have on your Pi4
https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/pdftest.zip
This version doesn't freeze the machine, but it doesn't run either. Nothing visible happens at all.
How do I control if VFP is on my computer? In the SharedLibs.lib.abi-2/0 directory, there's a VFP subdirectory with a lot of files.
try this version, It requires VFP which you should have on your Pi4 https://www.riscosports.co.uk/vfp/pdftest.zip
OK that version has issues with SWP and some Zeropain issues.
Go off to Jan De Boer's site , www.tellima.nl/riscos
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