Page dimensions in GPD for vendor defined page sizes.

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1

Are there some sort of undocumented restrictions on the
dimensions I supply in the PageDimensions, PrintableArea,
and PrintableOrigin? I’m trying to create a GPD file for a
monochrome printer. Here’s a snippet from my GPD file. The
commented out values are the correct ones but when I use
them, that paper size is not available. If I use the
correct values for both paper sizes, printing is disabled.
The minidriver developer tool doesn’t see any errors with
any of these settings. The printer only supports vender
defined page sizes (no standard sizes).
If I use the correct values for the 8 X 10 paper size (as
in the snippet below), that paper size is not available
for selection BUT, the dimentions used during printing ARE
those given for the 8 X 10 paper size!

TIA
Tom

*MasterUnits: PAIR(508,508)
*% snip …
*Feature: PaperSize
{
*rcNameID: =PAPER_SIZE_DISPLAY
*DefaultOption: SIZE_8_X_10
*Option: SIZE_8_X_10
{
*Name: “8 x 10”
*% *rcNameID: 1
*% These are accepted but are incorrect
*% *PrintableArea: PAIR(528, 662)
*% *PrintableOrigin: PAIR(24, 29)
*% *PageDimensions: PAIR(576, 720)
*% These are correct but cause this PaperSize to NOT
*% be available
*PrintableArea: PAIR(3724, 4670)
*PrintableOrigin: PAIR(168, 204)
*PageDimensions: PAIR(4064, 5080)
*Command: CmdSelect
{
*Order: DOC_SETUP.4
*Cmd: “<1B>1<1B>CB”
}
}
*Option: SIZE_10_X_12
{
*Name: “10 x 12”
*% *rcNameID: 2
*PrintableArea: PAIR(662, 816)
*PrintableOrigin: PAIR(29, 29)
*PageDimensions: PAIR(720, 864)
*% *PrintableArea: PAIR(4670, 5756)
*% *PrintableOrigin: PAIR(204, 168)
*% *PageDimensions: PAIR(5080, 6096)
*Command: CmdSelect
{
*Order: DOC_SETUP.4
*Cmd: “<1B>2<1B>CB”
}
}
}

2

Is this on W2K? There is a known issue with W2K unidrv in that you
cannot have a vendor defined paper size as the only paper size in the
GPD. You need to specify atleast one standard paper size such as Letter,
Legal etc. Also, you need to set the standard paper size as the default.

If this doesn’t solve your problem, can you tell me if your vendor
defined paper sizes show up in the form database after printer
installation? You can see this at File->Server Properties->Forms tab in
the Printers folder. Also, ensure that if you are modifying the paper
size in the GPD after the driver has been installed, you are going to
see flaky results. You need to follow the steps before modifying the
paper size:

  • Delete the print queue from the Printers folder.
  • Delete the driver by going to File->Server Properties->Drivers tab.
  • Delete all the forms that the driver was using the Forms tab under
    Server Properties.

Hope this helps.

  • Ashwin

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Demler [mailto:tom.demler.b@us.agfa.com]
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 5:52 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Page dimensions in GPD for vendor defined page sizes.

Are there some sort of undocumented restrictions on the
dimensions I supply in the PageDimensions, PrintableArea,
and PrintableOrigin? I’m trying to create a GPD file for a
monochrome printer. Here’s a snippet from my GPD file. The
commented out values are the correct ones but when I use
them, that paper size is not available. If I use the
correct values for both paper sizes, printing is disabled.
The minidriver developer tool doesn’t see any errors with
any of these settings. The printer only supports vender
defined page sizes (no standard sizes).
If I use the correct values for the 8 X 10 paper size (as
in the snippet below), that paper size is not available
for selection BUT, the dimentions used during printing ARE
those given for the 8 X 10 paper size!

TIA
Tom

*MasterUnits: PAIR(508,508)
*% snip …
*Feature: PaperSize
{
*rcNameID: =PAPER_SIZE_DISPLAY
*DefaultOption: SIZE_8_X_10
*Option: SIZE_8_X_10
{
*Name: “8 x 10”
*% *rcNameID: 1
*% These are accepted but are incorrect
*% *PrintableArea: PAIR(528, 662)
*% *PrintableOrigin: PAIR(24, 29)
*% *PageDimensions: PAIR(576, 720)
*% These are correct but cause this PaperSize to NOT
*% be available
*PrintableArea: PAIR(3724, 4670)
*PrintableOrigin: PAIR(168, 204)
*PageDimensions: PAIR(4064, 5080)
*Command: CmdSelect
{
*Order: DOC_SETUP.4
*Cmd: “<1B>1<1B>CB”
}
}
*Option: SIZE_10_X_12
{
*Name: “10 x 12”
*% *rcNameID: 2
*PrintableArea: PAIR(662, 816)
*PrintableOrigin: PAIR(29, 29)
*PageDimensions: PAIR(720, 864)
*% *PrintableArea: PAIR(4670, 5756)
*% *PrintableOrigin: PAIR(204, 168)
*% *PageDimensions: PAIR(5080, 6096)
*Command: CmdSelect
{
*Order: DOC_SETUP.4
*Cmd: “<1B>2<1B>CB”
}
}
}

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