Re: Text Editor
Re: Text Editor
- Subject: Re: Text Editor
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 09:32:53 -0500
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001, at 08:26 PM, Scott Anguish wrote:
A quick search for printing even/odd pages (PDF even odd) on Google turns
up that Reader 4.0 should do this automatically
<snip>
As has been pointed out before, a Cocoa expert has a much better chance of
finding something of value on Google or any place else due to superior
knowledge--you know what terms to use as search parameters. As for myself,
in addition to "odd" and "even" I added various combinations of "printing,
" "Apple," "Cocoa," "two-sided," "driver," and several other terms I no
longer remember. Do not make the mistake of thinking that I do not try!
I probably didn't think of adding PDF because much of what I need to print
is HTML. As for Acrobat Reader 4.0: I do not have Reader 4.0, never have,
because I _do_ have Acrobat 4.0.5! And, yes, it too allows for printing
only odd or even pages, although for some inexplicable reason
magnification will not work and I get printer errors that require four
extra clicks between jobs. But I do not want to have to go into Classic
mode every time I want to print out a few pages and Acrobat Reader 5.0
which does work on OS X, for reasons known only to Adobe, _does not_ have
this function--neither does Apple's "Preview!"
As for trying to find software that already exists, please note that on
softrak.stepwise.com I looked over all of the following in the Mac OS X
category: Finance, Personal Info Managers, Presentation Tools,
Spreadsheets, Word Processing, Source Code, System Utilities, and
Workspace Enhancements, for a total of 130 packages! All I got was
several hours of frustration before I posted my first question on this
list!
The real problem here is with Apple and their Laserwriter 8 driver: most
of the low and medium cost printers seem to be using this driver, merely
adding a "Postscript Printer Description" (PPD) file of their own. The
odd or even functionality belongs in Laserwriter 8 because too many
developers, including Apple itself, are too lazy or forgetful to include
this feature in their application.
As it stands right now I have only two choices: print one sided, which is
a waste of paper and a major irritation trying to read with a binder in
your lap. Or, print two-sided without being able to print at anything
else than 100% size in Classic. I could live with this solution save for
the fact that the first thing I want to print is the Vermont Recipes--and
the margins are only about 5mm, which means I must punch holes through the
text on most pages. Another pain in the butt.
Brian E. Howard
Cocoa Cult Central
putting in an order for more paper