>|After reading all of Bob's posts I have succeeded in producing acceptable >|pdf files in both letter and a4 format, using ps2pdf from MiKTeX 2.9 (not >|Ghostview convert) with no command line options. But to switch from >|one size >|to the other I changed the default paper setting in MiKTeX settings. >| >|Bob, do I read you correctly than one cannot simply use command line >|options >|on ps2pdf to produce both sizes of outputs?
The ps2pdf option -sPAPERSIZE#a4 doesn't seem to work by itself. But dvips -ta4 ... does. Bob T. >|>-----Original Message----- >|>From: TeX-Music [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob >|Tennent >|>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:31 PM >|>To: Werner Icking Music Archive >|>Subject: Re: [Tex-music] A4 >|> >|> >|It seems the "official" way is to do >|> >| >|> >| initexmf --edit-config-file dvips >|> >| >|> >|and move the @ a4 section ahead of the @ A4size section. There's >|> >|some explanation in the dvips manual. Has to do with some Postscript >|> >|printers expecting the A4size configuration whereas ps2pdf responds >|> >|only to the a4 configuration. What a nightmare! >|> >|>There *is* an easier way: one uses the Settings window to set the >|>default paper format to A4 (*not* A4size). Who would have guessed >|>there was a difference? ------------------------------- [email protected] mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
