From: Michael Lindner 
To: Michael Burr , ATM list 
Reply-To: Michael Lindner 


On Monday 17 February 2003 17:07, Michael Burr wrote:
> I'm trying to make a Couder mask for a 12.5" f/4.7 mirror. I've used Tex's
> Couder postscript document creation feature, but it doesn't make a file
> with the entire mask on it. It cuts it off at the borders of the paper, and
> I can find no way in Tex to adjust the size of the paper so the mask is
> printed completely. Furthermore the mask butts right up against the edge of
> the paper, which means the outside zone is cut off by the printer's
> printable area.

Right. It prints as much as will fit in the printable area of your printer.
If the mask is larger than the paper, there is no way in software to make
the entire mask print on one sheet. Print it twice, turn the second one
upside-down, and tape them together, using the marks for registration.

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