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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2007-05-23 00:03:05 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2007-05-23 00:03:05 +0000 |
commit | 751e02eaa97418521f089d742eb60c2c4672f31c (patch) | |
tree | 22255ae0bcd31eca9849fdbbe529a925a173d693 /Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi | |
parent | ab9a3ae80bfc0728f987dacf988b13f07109dab3 (diff) |
a4=a4size, letter=letterSize, execute setpagedevice for all, use a4/letter in texconfig
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@4340 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r-- | Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi | 39 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi index 5cea561f138..c98741430a8 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi +++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi @@ -1777,29 +1777,21 @@ for both (except maybe specifying both). The Perl 5 script @file{contrib/mkdvipspapers} in the distribution directory may help in determining appropriate paper size definitions. -@cindex a4 paper size, as default -If your printers are configured to use A4 paper by default, the -configuration file (probably the global @file{config.ps} in this case) -should include this as the first @samp{@@} command: - -@example -@@ A4size 210mm 297mm -@@+ %%PaperSize: A4 -@end example - -@noindent -so that @code{A4size} is used as the default, and not @code{A4} itself; -thus, no PostScript @code{a4} command is added to the output file, -unless the user explicitly says to use paper size @samp{a4}. That is, -by default, no paper size PostScript command should be put in the -output, but Dvips will still know that the paper size is A4 because -@samp{A4size} is the first (and therefore default) size in the -configuration file. - -Executing the @samp{letter} or @samp{a4} or other PostScript operators -cause the document to be nonconforming and can cause it not to print on -certain printers, so the default paper size should not execute such an -operator if at all possible. +@flindex config.ps @r{paper sizes} +@findex letter @r{paper size} +@findex a4 @r{paper size} +The default @code{letter} and @code{a4} paper size definitions in +@file{config.ps} execute the @code{setpagedevice} operator, which +always exists. Executing the @samp{letter} or @samp{a4} or other +PostScript operators cause the document to be nonconforming and thus +perhaps not to print on certain (unknown) printers, while not +executing any page size definition at all confuses PostScript +conversion programs such as @command{ps2pdf}. + +@findex letterSize @r{paper size} +@findex A4size @r{paper size} +The @code{letterSize} and @code{A4Size} paper size definitions are now +synonyms for @code{letter} and @code{a4}. @node Paper trays @@ -1810,6 +1802,7 @@ operator if at all possible. @cindex multiple paper trays @cindex HP4Si printer and paper trays +@findex bop-hook Some printers, such as the Hewlett-Packard HP4si, have multiple paper trays. You can set up Dvips to take advantage of this using the @code{bop-hook} PostScript variable (@pxref{PostScript hooks}). |