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Set printer paper size from HTML? Al Grant 01-28-2008
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Posted by Dr J R Stockton on February 2, 2008, 1:12 pm
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It seems that my original response was not properly distributed.
Here it is :

In comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html message
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99b71e032984@1g2000hsl.googlegroups.com>, Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:59:19,
>
>> US business generally makes it possible.
>
>You've not tried to buy a non-locally sized paper tray for a HP
>printer, have you? 8-)

No. My HP printer comes with a paper tray that is adjustable, as far
as
I can see, for any size that is not much bigger than A4, and Printer
Setup offers a wide range of sizes including inch-denominated ones.
Previous printers, while not having trays, had comparable flexibility.

I don't recall ever seeing a printing device needing different trays
for
slight changes of size, though A3 & A4 trays might differ.

Therefore I'd not expect to be able to buy non-locally-sized trays
anywhere. OTOH, HP's listing of trays may differ with locality, so
that
the locally-favoured sizes are conspicuous.

DER was referring to paper sizes; he made no mention of any difficulty
in using A3, if he had some to hand.

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Posted by Stan Brown on January 29, 2008, 12:51 am
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Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:25:05 -0800 (PST) from Al Grant
> I have a 'printable' button to generate printable output
> and want this to use A3 if available, irrespective of the
> user's default printer setting.

Stop wanting that. What size paper I use is my business, not yours.

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Posted by Al Grant on January 29, 2008, 7:56 am
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> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:25:05 -0800 (PST) from Al Grant
> > I have a 'printable' button to generate printable output
> > and want this to use A3 if available, irrespective of the
> > user's default printer setting.
>
> Stop wanting that. What size paper I use is my business, not yours.

What I put on my pages is my business, not yours.

Posted by Adrienne Boswell on January 29, 2008, 10:34 pm
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>> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:25:05 -0800 (PST) from Al Grant
>> > I have a 'printable' button to generate printable output
>> > and want this to use A3 if available, irrespective of the
>> > user's default printer setting.
>>
>> Stop wanting that. What size paper I use is my business, not yours.
>
> What I put on my pages is my business, not yours.
>

On an intranet, yes. On the WWW, no.

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Posted by Harlan Messinger on January 29, 2008, 11:07 pm
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Al Grant wrote:
>> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:25:05 -0800 (PST) from Al Grant
>>> I have a 'printable' button to generate printable output
>>> and want this to use A3 if available, irrespective of the
>>> user's default printer setting.
>> Stop wanting that. What size paper I use is my business, not yours.
>
> What I put on my pages is my business, not yours.

*My* pages. *My* paper. *My* printer.

(This seems like such an odd thread. How w many people you think happen
to have a tray loaded with A3 paper sitting on their printer anyway?)

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