[reportlab-users] Printing problems

Robin Becker robin at reportlab.com
Fri Sep 16 03:50:46 EDT 2005


Mark Saward wrote:
.....
>>
>>different printers use different paper movements and it's observed that
>>the theoretical positioning is often not right.
> 
> 
> So basically, some printers print accurately, while others make some changes?
> 
> If so, that's quite painful.  How do you set a printer to print to labels if 
> you can't trust it to print accurately?
> 

.... well for small home use you have an adjustment scaling and test 
prints to get it right before the production run. The professionals 
require bleed margins and have corner guide marks (those small crosses) 
for accurate alignment etc.
-- 
Robin Becker



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