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<h1>Re: Feedback about PDF/PS sizes</h1>
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<li><em>To</em>: <<A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org">ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Re: Feedback about PDF/PS sizes</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Dan Scott <<A HREF="mailto:dan.scott@home.com">dan.scott@home.com</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 08:39:51 -0400</li>
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<li><em>Cc</em>: "Greg Ferguson" <<A HREF="mailto:gferg@hoop.timonium.sgi.com">gferg@hoop.timonium.sgi.com</A>></li>
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Greg:
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To deviate slightly from Ross's original request, I would suggest using the
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"universal" size option for future PS/PDF creation. This produces a size that
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is neither too wide for A4 paper (8.27"), nor too long for letter (11"). I've
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had a bit of experience distributing PDF's for a commercial organization, and
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you get bitterness if you choose one or the other size. Once you drop down
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to dimensions that work for both letter and A4, everyone's happy (that is to
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say, no-one notices).
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I doubt that the slight increase in margin space that results from the universal
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size would put many people off.
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Dan
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Greg Ferguson wrote:
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> On Apr 14, 1:47pm, Ross Boylan wrote:
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> > Subject: Feedback
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> > It seems all your how-to's in ps use A4 format.
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> > Furthermore, psnup (at least the one I used) was completely unable to
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> change
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> > their shape.
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> > 1) Is my supposition that all is A4 correct?
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> > 2) At a minimum, it would be good to document that fact.
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> > 3) It would be even better to produce postscript which the pstools could
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> > manipulate enough to resize.
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> > 4) It would be best of all to produce ps in A4 and letter format.
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> Ross-
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> I haven't taken a good luck at the postscript, but according
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> to the script we use to create the HOWTOs, the size is
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> forced to be "letter". Maybe it's not working, but here's
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> the command (we use htmldoc to produce pdf/postscript from
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> the generated HTML):
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> htmldoc --size letter -t ps -f <fname>.ps <fname>.html
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> >From the htmldoc man page:
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> --size size
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> The --size option specifies the page size. The size parameter can
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> be one of the following standard sizes:
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> Letter 8.5x11in (216x279mm)
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> A4 8.27x11.69in (210x297mm)
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> Universal 8.27x11in (210x279mm)
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> Maybe htmldoc is case-sensitive on the option itself (Letter v letter).
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> regards,
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>
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> --
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> Greg Ferguson - s/w engr / mtlhd | gferg@sgi.com
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Dan Scott,
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<li><strong><a name="01972" href="msg01972.html">Re: Feedback about PDF/PS sizes</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Hugo.van.der.Kooij@caiw.nl</li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="01965" href="msg01965.html">Feedback</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> "Ross Boylan" <ross@sphinx.com></li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="01967" href="msg01967.html">Re: Feedback</a></strong>
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> "Greg Ferguson" <gferg@hoop.timonium.sgi.com></li></ul></li>
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