Re: Color (colour!) printing on IIgs

[Joe Kohn <joko@WhoNeedsSpam?crl.com>]

 >One slight problems is that the Printing starts slight past where
 >it should and the printing goes onto the next page, which kind of
 >makes it useless.  It does the same thing when I print in
 >Harmonie is GS/OS

Before I add my 2 cents, the following is from the Epson 740 FAQ file:

 >Q:  Why are my margins incorrect?
 >
 >A: The paper may be loaded incorrectly.  Make sure that the left and
 >right edge guides are flush against both sides of the paper.  Make
 >sure the margins are set correctly in your software application
 >(margins are not adjustable via the printer driver), and make sure
 >you are not trying to print outside of the printable area of the
 >page for your paper size (printable area of the page specifications
 >are available in the User's Manual).  Make sure the correct paper
 >size is selected in the printer driver settings.

A number of the high quality printers, including HP printers (and even
xerox machines) cannot print within .5" of the edge of the paper. You
need to look at the manual that came with your printer to find out what
the printable area is, and then you need to adjust your software margins
so that they are in sync with the printer.

There are also some things that are best seen with your own eyes.
Harmonie provides the ability to print using various aspect ratios, and
those are listed as Normal, Best and Condensed, and it permits either the
computer or the printer to perform the actual rendering of the page.

In order to familiarize yourself more with Harmonie and how it works, I
would like to suggest that you take a one page document, and print it out
using the three different available aspect ratios, first time around
using Internal Rendering, the second time around, using External
Rendering.

If you do that, you will see major differences, with some of the combos
printing out as you describe.

When I first got my LaserJet, I must have printed out hundreds of test
prints before deciding on two rules from which I never deviate, ever...

When printing text, use Condensed and Internal Rendering.
When printing graphics, use Normal and External Rendering.

Your mileage may vary, but because seeing is believing Dain, please make
a print out using all the possible combinations before deciding which
combo you like best.

Joe Kohn
Harmonie Publisher
http://www.crl.com/~joko