printing a very long-line files with openoffice using "letter" pages

[Gary Kline]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 08:30:04AM +1000, Murray Taylor wrote:
> 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.
> 

	hey, thanks, murry!!

	scribus just finished, but it may be overkill.  poster sounds 
	like what I'm looking for; with overlap and cutmarks, yes :-)

	have a good one,

	gary

	ps: i figured there were other hackers who wanted to do this.
> ....
> cheers
> mjt
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at 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 at thought.org   www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
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  Gary Kline  kline at thought.org   www.thought.org  Public Service Unix