Re: gEDA-user: A4 Printing

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Normally I use an A1 sheet for schematics which I print on A3 format paper,
or for schematics with a few really small components: I use an A3 sheet and
print on A4 paper.

Just my EUR 0.02

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman. 

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Peter Clifton
Verzonden: vrijdag 7 september 2007 18:53
Aan: gEDA user mailing list
Onderwerp: Re: gEDA-user: A4 Printing

Should probably keep the replies on list, so I've re-added the CC


On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 23:00 +1000, Greg Cunningham wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 13:02 +0100, Peter Clifton wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 21:10 +1000, Greg Cunningham wrote:
> > > This is a 2-for-1 question/problem...
> > > 
> > > Being an Oz resident, A4 is the standard 'book-sized printout for me.
> > > The postscript output crops the right-hand side of the image by 
> > > about 1cm. Any tips on where to start?
> > 
> > In your ~/.gEDA/gschemrc file, place the following:
> > 
> > (paper-size 11.69 8.27) ; A4
> 
> I selected A4 in
> /usr/share/gEDA/system-gschemrc

Thats ok.

> > 
> > This corresponds to a size listed in a master list, and will 
> > automatically pick the right size in the print window.
> > 
> > I presume you're using File->Print to write your postscript - this 
> > is the normal way for full page printing.
> > 
> > 
> > This is most useful in conjunction with an ISO A? sized title-block, 
> > otherwise you'll get borders when printing.
> > 
> > I have:
> > 
> > (define default-titleblock "title-bordered-A2.sym")
> > 
> 
> Should i use
> (define default-titleblock "title-bordered-A4.sym") ?

You could do, but as the aspect ratios are the same, you probably want the
larger ones. Gschem's components are pretty big in comparison to an
A4 page.
 
> > If you're getting the background colours in your print, you're 
> > probably using an image export rather than "print". The default is 
> > to print black lines on a white background, but again you can change 
> > this with your gschemrc file.
> > 
> > ;(output-color "disabled")
> > (output-color "enabled")
> > 
> 
> I am printing postscript with (output-color "enabled") & getting 
> color-on-black.  If I use (load (build-path geda-rc-path 
> "gschem-lightbg")) ; light background would you expect color-on-grey 
> or color-on-white?

It prints color-on-white as in the /usr/share/gEDA/gschem-lightbg file, we
have:

(background-color 0 "grey94" "null" "1 1 1" 255 255 255) ; light background

Note "1 1 1" is a white colour output in the postscript and the 255 255 255
gives a white colour output in the PNG output.
"grey94" is the X11 background colour for the screen.

If you've got some specific requirements for printing, perhaps you could
produce a customised colour-scheme scheme file.


Regards,

--
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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