Good information, Walt. I plead near-ignorance (and happily so) to many
hardware issues. I *can* say that I've installed ebase at over 60 client
sites, and that the label layout changes that I have to make at each site
vary from (a) no change at all; (b) add a 1/4" header, then readjust the
body size back to 1" because Filemaker decides to change the size of the
body when you change the size of the header; (c) play with the first layout
for 10 minutes until it works, then make the same changes to the other
three. These changes seem independent of the OS, and seem to have more to
do with hardware settings for margins (both top and left).
>I don't have any Mac experience, but Windows printers really are device
>independent. If it works on one printer, it works on all with no adjustments
>needed. The FileMaker default label definitions for Avery 5160 get it right.
>You do not have to nor should you adjust any margins, header, etc. for
>Windows printers. I don't completely understand the information in the
>FileMaker printer definition files, but it appears that they know how to set
>parameters that you cannot set (or at least I don't know how to) by
>adjusting margins, etc. Here is the definition from labelsus.flb:
>
><FMLABEL>
> <LABELNAME VALUE="Avery 5160" />
> <UNITS VALUE="inch" />
> <COLUMNCOUNT VALUE="3" />
> <HORIZPITCH VALUE="2.75" />
> <VERTPITCH VALUE="1" />
> <LABELHEIGHT VALUE="1" />
> <TOPMARGIN VALUE="0.5" />
> <LEFTMARGIN VALUE="0.188" />
> <RIGHTMARGIN VALUE="0.188" />
> <DISCARDPART VALUE="No" />
> </FMLABEL>
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