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General Purpose PostScript Generating Utility

4.4 Your Media

Configuration Setting: Medium: name dimensions

Define the medium name to have the dimensions (in PostScript points, i.e., 1/72 of inch).

There are two formats supported:

long

in which you must give both the size of the whole sheet, and the size of the printable area:

# A4 for Desk Jets # name w h llx lly urx ury Medium: A4dj 595 842 24 50 571 818

where wxh are the dimension of the sheet, and the four other stand for lower left x and y, upper right x and y.

short

in which a surrounding margin of 24 points is used

# A4 # name w h Medium: A4 595 842

is the same as

# A4 # name w h Medium: A4 595 842 24 24 571 818