Re: changing paper size company wide.

[Pat Barber <MBOCEANSIDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Baird wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> We are considering changing the size of the continuous forms printing
> paper from 11 inches per page to 8.5 inches.  We still would have a
> couple of laser printers in use as well.
> 
> Am I crazy, or do I really have to change EVERY SINGLE print file in the
> system to make this switch?

Well,,, yes you will have to change all, but that's nothing to do.. and
you do not have to recompile... How are you going to handle special
forms ?

The laser printers don't care if you change to new size, although you
might hear some squawking about the number of lines per page and it's
hard
to read,etc,etc...

I have use the "shorter" paper for years... But when you switch, you can
just
about bank on some major bitching until everybody gets used to new
format.

The 8LPI will be the biggest bitch... but once they get used to it, 
everything will be fine.

My system wide setting are: length=68
                            width =132
                            LPI=8
                            CPI=10
                            ovrflw=66

Now if you do ANY compressed printing(8lpi 15cpi 198) you will really 
hear the noise... That really gets to be a pain but maybe you don't
have to deal with that.

Remember special forms like checks,invoices,etc... you will need to
tweak the CL to handle overrides to that size form(if you don't
already).
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---