[Groff] Re: papersize.tmac - dimensions incorrect for executive paper

[John Rupley]

I would go by what the printer manufacturers say -  mismatch in  
dimensions produces a problem at the printer level, i.e., there is a  
problem if one uses "executive" paper that has the dimensions  
recognized as "executive" by the printer, and the PS code has  
"executive" defined differently (I got caught by this, obviously).

For refs to printer sites:
HP
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument? 
docname=bpd01579&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

XEROX - see page 3-6
http://download.support.xerox.com/pub/docs/4510/userdocs/any-os/en/ 
user_guide_en.pdf

Both HP and Xerox give 10.5x7.25in - also Ricoh, Canon, Konica- 
Minolta, Epson - at this point I stopped googling.


Also, two of the three refs given by you agree - the second ref
http://www.prepressure.com/library/papersizes.htm
which cites 10.55x7.25in also gives 266.7mm and 756p as the height,  
both of which measures convert to 10.5in exactly, not 10.55in.

Again, however, the definition that counts, imho, is that of the  
printer makers.

Thanks,

John Rupley
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   Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
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On Jul 4, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> > lines 97,98:
> > .  ds paper-executive-length 10i
> > .  ds paper-executive-width 7.5i
> >
> > these dimensions are incorrect;
> > the correct values are:
> > .  ds paper-executive-length 10.5i
> > .  ds paper-executive-width 7.25i
>
> Hmm, I've now seen three different definitions of the `executive'
> format:
>
>   10    x 7.5  -> http://www.littlebit.com/general_info/papersize.htm
>   10.55 x 7.25 -> http://www.prepressure.com/library/papersizes.htm
>   10.5  x 7.25 -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_sizes
>
> Which one shall I believe?
>
>
>     Werner