Printing cut by margins

Bawenang benang at cs.its.ac.id
Sun Jan 21 21:05:24 PST 2007


>
> On Jan 21, 2007, at 21:08 , Bawenang wrote:
>
> > Hi, I've made a PostScript file with background image that fills
> > all the paper. When I previewed it in GhostView, it showed
> > normally. But when I printed it with a printer, the background
> > image was cut a few milimeters by the top, right, left and bottom
> > margin. What I don't understand is how come in GhostView there's no
> > margin whatsoever but when it is printed, there's margins in the
> > top, bottom, left, and right side of the page? Can anybody tell me
> > how to remove this margins so that I can print the background image
> > in its full image?
>
> Most printers are incapable of printing to the edge of the page and
> will clip at the margins like that.  Some inkjet/laser "photo
> printers" don't have that restriction.  Check your printer's
> specifications for unprintable margins.
>
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>

I see. So there's no way to work around this? Then I guess I'll have to resize the image. Thanks alot.




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