Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-06 Thread Dwight Harm
If changing drivers fixes it, then it's NOT Protel's problem. Similarly, if changing printer settings fixes it, it's NOT Protel's problem. The problem may only appear in Protel because it might use unusual parameters or unusual series of calls to the printer driver. The application code in a

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-06 Thread Jason Morgan
the assumption that 'if you can screen preview then print WILL work' that has made this simple error continue to exist. Jason. -Original Message- From: Dwight Harm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 September 2002 11:15 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-06 Thread Brad Velander
-Original Message- From: Jason Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:36 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output Dwight, I'm sorry, but you are wrong, or at least you are making a huge oversight. SNIP Jason

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-06 Thread Dwight
The calculations you mention are typically performed by Windows/driver code -- the app issues Windows API calls such as GetTextExtent, passing a printer device context handle, and gets back the value it needs. (At least that's the way we code apps here!) -Original Message- From: Jason

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-06 Thread Tony Karavidas
I'm not. Compute that. ;) -Original Message- From: Jason Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:36 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output Dwight, I'm sorry, but you are wrong, or at least you are making

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-05 Thread Tony Karavidas
Hi Ray, The long overbars used to be a problem (for me) quite a while ago. I'm not sure when it was fixed, but I'm looking at several examples of 11x17 prints I did with my HP4MV and there are no problems. Possibly the printer driver??? I have my 4MV setup on ethernet, so I have to print to an

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-05 Thread Ray Mitchell
Tony, My printer is configured as a simple Ethernet IP printer. Several users here tried the HP Jet Admin stuff but it never worked properly. I'm not clear on the printer driver business, though. If a printer is networked does each user still need to fool with printer drivers on their

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-05 Thread Madhu Annapragada
I saw this problem when printing multi-sheet schematics with only one of the sheets open. The problem would disappear if I opened all the sheets associated with the schematic before printing. Madhu I'm using Protel 99SE w/SP6 on Windows 2000. Many of my schematic symbols (from the Protel

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-05 Thread Tony Karavidas
I just tried that, and it works ok for me. -Original Message- From: Madhu Annapragada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:22 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output I saw this problem when printing multi-sheet

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-05 Thread Jon Elson
Ray Mitchell wrote: Tony, My printer is configured as a simple Ethernet IP printer. Several users here tried the HP Jet Admin stuff but it never worked properly. I'm not clear on the printer driver business, though. If a printer is networked does each user still need to fool with

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-05 Thread Ray Mitchell
/2002 -0700, you wrote: I just tried that, and it works ok for me. -Original Message- From: Madhu Annapragada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:22 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output I saw this problem

Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output

2002-09-05 Thread Tony Karavidas
there is a way to talk to it without this piece from HP, but I couldn't figure it out. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jon Elson Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:07 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Long overbars on printed output