Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:30:04 +1000 From: "Murray Taylor" <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org>, "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: printing a very long-line files with openoffice using "letter" pages Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F137B21B@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal>
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the poster util is what you want
/usr/ports/print/poster
POSTER(1)
POSTER(1)
NAME
poster - Scale and tile a postscript image to print on multiple
pages
SYNOPSIS
poster <options> infile
DESCRIPTION
Poster can be used to create a large poster by building it from
multi-
ple pages and/or printing it on large media. It expects as
input a
generic (encapsulated) postscript file, normally printing on a
single
page. The output is again a postscript file, maybe containing
multiple
pages together building the poster. The output pages bear
cutmarks and
have slightly overlapping images for easier assembling. The
input pic-
ture will be scaled to obtain the desired size.
....
cheers
mjt
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Kline
> Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2007 3:47 PM
> To: FreeBSD Mailing List
> Subject: printing a very long-line files with openoffice
> using "letter" pages
>
>
>
> People,
>
> I have in mind putting, say 6, 8.5x11-inch pages to create
> a Large page 25.5x11" on which something would be printed.
> Whatever would be printed in a large typescript could be glued
> on cardboard or some other solid background. I'm
> thinking of one
> of my personal meditations or a Shakespearian sonnet or the
> Gettysburg address. I need to know if openoffice has
> the printer
> settings to do this.
>
> Whenever I try to write something in a large font on
> a "letter"
> sized page, the lines wrap; this is not what I want! If
> OpenOffice isn't the right application, is there any other?
> (I'm copying the -questions FreeBSD list in case they have a
> clue.)
>
> thanks for any tips/howto/or other apps!
>
> gary
>
>
> --
> Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix
>
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