LaserWriter 16/600 PS: Legal Size & QuickDraw GX 1.1.3 (5/96)


When trying to print legal size documents from the manual feed or multi-purpose
tray on a LaserWriter 16/600 PS using QuickDraw GX 1.1.3, the document is
getting cut off at 11 inches (letter size); where part of the top and three
inches from the bottom are not printed. To some, it may appear that the image
is moved up the page.
This problem has been duplicated and reported to engineering. Setting the
Multi-purpose tray for Legal-sized pages using the Apple Printer Utility will
resolve this issue, however, LaserWriter GX doesn't realize that the tray has
been set for Legal. When printing, this results in a dialog stating that it
can't find a Legal-sized tray. Selecting "Manually feed all US Legal pages"
will print the page correctly.

To set the Multi-purpose tray for Legal, launch the Apple Printer Utility, open
a printer, select "Job Defaults," then "Paper Handling." Select "Legal" from
the pop down menu for "Default paper size for Multipurpose Tray."

Setting the Multi-purpose tray for Legal-sized paper does not affect printing
Letter-sized documents from the same tray.

This problem does not occur using the standard LaserWriter 8.x driver.


Article Change History:
31 May 1996 - Updated for QuickDraw GX 1.1.3
08 Aug 1995 - Removed misleading information.

Published Date: Feb 19, 2012