[reportlab-users] Printing to an index card

[Stephen Boulet]

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:30:30 -0700, Tim Roberts wrote
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:57:58 -0500, Stephen Boulet 
> <stephen at theboulets.net> wrote:
> 
> >I'm trying to print numers on index cards. The pdf looks good in
> >Acrobat, but when it prints it centers the page as though it were on an
> >8.5x11 inch sheet.
> >
> >Is there a way to specify the page size that I'm missing? Thanks.
> >
> >Stephen
> >
> ># 152.40 x 101.60 is a 6x4 index card. Number is 1/72*inches
> >
> >from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
> >from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter, A4, inch
> >print inch
> >f = file('index cards.pdf','wb')
> >width, height = 432.00,288.00
> >pagesize = width, height
> >
> 
> There are a couple of options.  The key issue is that you need to 
> tell the Windows printer driver what size paper you actually have in 
> the printer.  You are probably leaving it at the default (8.5 x 11), 
> and you probably have the "auto-center and auto-rotate" checkbox 
> selected in the print dialog.  This is all beyond the control of 
> Reportlab: it is an interaction between Acrobat and the printer.
> 
> So, your first chore is to wade through the advanced options in 
> Print Setup in Acrobat to see if your printer actually has 4x6 as 
> one of the choices.  Few printers do.
> 
> Barring that, you should be able to deselect "auto-center and 
> auto-rotate", and just let Acrobat think it has an 8.5 x 11 sheet.  
> Depending on how the index cards line up in your paper feeder, it 
> will print in one of the corners.
> 
> -- 
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

Thanks! I see now that it is entirely a printer issue.

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