----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pete Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] death to labels
> This is pretty much the same thing I do too. Get the cards printed locally > and then have them cut after they are filled out. Don't try to use the > standard lever type paper cutter - it will cut them crooked every time. I > have considered building a wooden holder with preset stops and a metal guide > for a utility knife so I could easily do smaller quantities at home but that > has not happened yet. > > To get your report to print in the right spot, just do dry runs of a sheet > using regular paper and overlay it on one of your QSL blanks. Just keep > tweaking it until it is where you want it then fire for effect using the > real thing. > > Beware of the dreaded 'only one page in landscape' glitch in 5.03. It will > print the first page in landscape and then switch back to portrait. Also, > you cannot switch off the default printer from within DX4Win 5.03. You have > to close it down and make the printer you intend to use the default. Then > fire up DX4Win and print away. BTW, I have used an Epson 860, 880, and NEC > SuperScript 870 and the landscape to portrait glitch exists in all cases > (but not in 5.02). > > Mike / W8DN > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pete Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:48 AM > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] death to labels > > > > Here's what I do (warning -- this does not work with some printer drivers > > -- check the archive! Symptom is a failure to remain in landscape format > > after the first sheet): > > > > I get QSLs printed by a local printer, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4, 4 to a page, > > landscape format on 8 1/2 x 11 67 lb vellum. I leave a 1" gap in the QSL > > card for the QSO data. I don't have him cut them initially. Cost, > > including cutting, is about $90 for 4000 QSLs at a time. > > > > I then feed them into my Deskjet 840C (also works on 700 series), set to > > print landscape format. > > > > My DX4WIN label parameters are as follows: > > > > Width and height = the width and height of the area in which "labels" are > > to be printed. I use 3" x .875". This where your QSO data will wind up. > > > > Horizontal pitch sets the horizontal distance from the left edge of the > > first "label" to the left edge of the second "label." This equals the > > width of your finished cards, so I use 5.5". > > > > Vertical pitch sets the vertical distance from the top edge of the first > > label to the top edge of the second "label", which equals the height of > > your finished cards, so I use 3.5" > > > > Spacing left is the distance from the edge of the paper to the edge of the > > "label." I use 3.5 inches. Spacing top is the distance from the top of > the > > paper to the top of the first label. I use 1.995 inches, but as I recall > I > > had to tweak this last time to fit my sheets, which the printer had > > slightly mis-aligned. > > > > Horizontal shift and vertical shift are both 0." Be sure to specify > number > > across and number down as 2 each, max QSOs as zero and uncheck the > > "portrait" check box. > > > > The preview function in the label database is very convenient for tweaking > > your definition to get it just right. Of course, printing on plain paper > > that you can lay over your QSL blanks is the final acid test. > > > > After I've printed my batch of cards I take them back to the printer and > > have him cut them while retaining the prefix order. Then it is a > > relatively simple matter to restack them into a box for the outgoing > > bureau. > > > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > > > Sometimes a tower is > > just a tower > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dx4win mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > >
