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Re: QTR centering mystery

2003-10-27 by Roy Harrington

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David Wroblewski" 
<dawroblewski@y...> wrote:
> Hi all, question for QuadToneRIP Linux users.
> 
> Has anyone managed to print an image *exactly* 
> centered on a page?
> 
> When I specify centering, the image is always 1/4"
> further more inset on the left side than the right,
> though it is perfectly centered vertically.
> 
> I've been trying various options, but none seem to
> affect this and I've run out of ideas. Same problem 
> occurs on both 8x10 and SuperB, by the way--always a 
> quarter inch more white space on the left side.
> 
> Hints appreciated,
> David

David,

The centering of prints has always been a little tricky, so
the best thing is to just find out how far off it is and have
a known offset.  In your case it seems like just moving
right 1/8" would do it.  Another method some have taken
is to do custom pages with custom equal margins, but 
that will depend on some of the Linux programs you are 
using.

Roy

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