On Thursday 05 January 2006 15:25, Andrew Errington wrote:
> I tried printing onto some blank cards with my HP DeskJet 948c, and it
> will accept and feed them through.  The cards measure 76mm wide and
> 127mm tall. The printer can print over that area with margins of 3.4mm
> left and right, 1.7mm to the top and 12.5mm at the bottom.
There is a geometry package which can be mentioned in the pre-amble thus:
\usepackage[top=2.5cm, bottom=1.5cm, left=1.5cm, right=1.5cm]{geometry}

> My point is (and I do have one): is LaTeX the thing to do this?
It can do what you want to do, and do it very nicely.

> Can I 
> keep my reference notes in simple text format and do something like:
>
> latex notes.txt | print
Not quite that simple but it's almost as simple.
See the attachments for the general idea.

sh card.sh

You'll need a teTeX installed together with gv or equivalent.

> Is this a better way than setting up a page style in KWord or OO?
imho, yes.

> What does everyone else do?  I find I use my Palm III less and less.
I don't have your particular need.

-- 
CS

Attachment: card.sh
Description: application/shellscript

\item
Breakfast
\item
Lunch
\item
Dinner with wine
\item
Sleep soundly.

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