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Posted by Andy Dingley on January 30, 2008, 5:39 am
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> (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?)
I write more HTML-based intranet apps than web pages. Most of my users
do have printers with selectable letterhead / plain paper, and must be
able to auto-select between them. As it is, all the document handling
is done via Word because the overall "web page" technology suite fails
to allow this level of control.
In the past I've also wanted to switch landscape / portrait, and even
to switch to a tiny label printer for doing barcoded ID cards. I've
not needed A3 as yet, but I certainly wouldn't rule it out.
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Posted by Al Grant on January 31, 2008, 7:44 am
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> I have a lot of sympathy for the OP, especially if he's in the UK,
> because often a boss will force the staff to do something in a suboptimal
> way.
Maybe, but in this case everyone wants maximally readable
printout, all have A3, and it's suboptimal to force people to
go into printer preferences (different between Windows and
Unix, and on Windows different for every kind of printer) to
select it when we could offer a "print as A3" button instead.
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Posted by Bergamot on January 31, 2008, 3:10 pm
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> in this case everyone wants maximally readable
> printout, all have A3, and it's suboptimal to force people to
> go into printer preferences (different between Windows and
> Unix, and on Windows different for every kind of printer) to
> select it when we could offer a "print as A3" button instead.
HTML, with or without CSS, isn't really the best tool for this
particular job. It's an inherently flexible media, but here you'd like
it to be inflexible. Good luck with that.
--
Berg
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Posted by bealoid on February 1, 2008, 12:53 am
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>> I have a lot of sympathy for the OP, especially if he's in the UK,
>> because often a boss will force the staff to do something in a
>> suboptimal way.
>
> Maybe, but in this case everyone wants maximally readable
> printout,
About the only time you'll ever hear me say this: Have you considered PDF?
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Posted by bealoid on February 1, 2008, 12:55 am
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>>> I have a lot of sympathy for the OP, especially if he's in the UK,
>>> because often a boss will force the staff to do something in a
>>> suboptimal way.
>>
>> Maybe, but in this case everyone wants maximally readable
>> printout,
>
> About the only time you'll ever hear me say this: Have you considered
> PDF?
I mean tbis politely, and as friendly advice. I'm not being snarky and
apologize if it seems to be so.
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