printing an envelope.

printing an envelope.

[John R. Culleton]

Using my my Ricoh AP2600 printer I want to feed envelopes with
the narrow side first, which means the the print image must be
rotated 90 degrees. It is not clear how this can be done in
Context. Here is an example file:
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\setupoutput[pdftex]
\definepapersize[env][width=9.5in,height=4.25in]
\setuppapersize[env,rotated 90][env]
\setuparranging[rotated]
\starttext
\startstandardmakeup
John Culleton\crlf
2401 Haight Avenue\crlf
Eldersburg, MD 21784
\blank
\hskip 3in \vbox{
Independent Contract Services\crlf
Landmark Community Newspapers\crlf
Carroll County Times\crlf
P.O. Box 346\crlf
Westminster MD 21158
}
\stopstandardmakeup
\stoptext
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It seems no matter what I do (and perhaps I am doing too much) I
cannot create a pdf file that is rotated properly for this
particular printer. It stubbornly insists in printing across
instead of down.

Any suggestions?
-- 

John Culleton

Re: printing an envelope--solution.

[John R. Culleton]

On Monday 30 May 2005 06:58 pm, John R. Culleton wrote:
> Using my my Ricoh AP2600 printer I want to feed envelopes with
> the narrow side first, which means the the print image must be
> rotated 90 degrees. It is not clear how this can be done in
> Context. Here is an example file:
-- 
<snip>

Never mind. I did it in plain TeX with pstricks thus:
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\input pstricks
\special{papersize=4.25in,9.5in}
\voffset 4.5in
\parindent 0pt
\parskip 0pt
\def\crlf{\hfil\break}
\rput{90}{
\vbox{
John Culleton\crlf
2401 Haight Avenue\crlf
Eldersburg, MD 21784

{
\leftskip 3.75in
\obeylines
\input addr
}
}
}
\bye
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Instead of printing a horizontal page and rotating the page
I printed a vertical page and rotated the text within it.

Still curious if there is a Context solution to this common
problem.

John Culleton