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

[Murray Taylor]

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-----
> 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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