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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/27/2012 02:50 AM, Alexander Zakamaldin wrote:
> Yes, sure. I wrote about US Ledger paper size.
> It should be mentioned, the US Ledger's size confuses not only me, but Gnomeprint job also.

Please explain in detail what are the symptoms of the problem.  That is how do you know it
is not working.




> So, what is the best choice to do?
> 1. Assume the US Ledger is 11x17 inches size, just the same as 'Inkscape' project is doing.
> 2. Replace US Ledger with US Tabloid paper which is 11x17in exactly. The same as 'GIMP'
>     project is doing.
>
> Alexander.
>
>
> 27 февраля 2012, 09:38 от Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On 02/26/2012 06:44 AM, Alexander Zakamaldin wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I am working on printing issues for gtk based Kicad at present time.
>>> Recently implemented 'Ledger'
>> I implemented it as USLedger, not Ledger.
>>
>>
>>
>>>  paper type is confusing me a lot. 
>> Then this may be a short conversation.
>>
>>> It is declared as a paper of 17x11 in size.
>>> The same time there is also a 'Tabloid' paper of 11x17 in size. What does it
>> mean? It is commonly assumed
>>> that the first value is the size X and the second is the size Y of a paper.
>> That's why is it a kind of implicit logical 
>>> orientation declaration (e.g. Portrait or Landscape) or is it an implicit
>> declaration of a direction the paper
>>> is fed into printer? Maybe it means nothing and it is just the same type of
>> paper?
>>
>>
>> I wanted a page choice of USLedger that was 11x17 inches, since I am in the
>> US, and I use
>> that paper size.  You can toggle the landscape button to orient when you plot.
>>
>> The private member function updatePortrait() establishes the initial page
>> orientation
>> according to what height and width are.  User now picks which paper
>> orientation he wants
>> from the dialogs, so the initial orientation is not really that important,
>> especially
>> since it is recorded in the BOARD file.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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