On 01/04/2011 07:29 AM, Andreas Neustifter wrote:
Hi!
On 4 January 2011 16:05, John Culleton <john@...1668...> wrote:
On Monday 03 January 2011 21:14:56 NoOp wrote:
I have two inkscape drawings, each have two 360 degree protractor wheels on them; exact same size. I am attempting to print drawing 1, turn the paper (it's doublesided photo paper) and then print drawing 2, and get the prints to align properly. Purpose is so that I do not have to print singlesided, paste the wheels together & then laminate. The project calls for printing all 4 wheels (2 ea from each inkscape drawing) back-to-back so that only two wheels are necessary for laminating.
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I would save the items as e.g., eps files and import them to Scribus or use them in pdftex. Exact placement should be possible in either tool.
IMHO the exact placement is not the problem, that can be done in Inkscape too.
Most consumer grade printers do not print exaclty centered on the page so one has to correct those deficiencies of the printer with other means than correct placement.
(Just my 0.02$...)
Andi
Well... good news/bad news. Finally got everything lined up using regular paper, so I then loaded 61 pound double-sided photo matte paper only to find that I had to realign all over again. Apparently the printer (Canon MP750) adjusts the alignment for the heavier paper. So now I have saved templates for that paper & printer.
With regard to aligning; I did a copy & paste in place from the wheels from drawing 1 onto drawing 2. That way I could adjust to wheels in drawing 2 close to the Y position in drawing 1. The rest was just printing test runs and then adjusting X/Y in 5px increments. Painfully slow & expensive (paper & ink). Next test will be to export to PDF, join the pages & print the PDF version w/same paper, but use the regular duplex feed instead of the back sheet feeder.
As an FYI, here are the coordinates that I got to work on the 61lb paper:
Drawing 1:
wheel 1 x 120 y 560 px
wheel 2 x 250 y 150 px
Drawing 2:
wheel 1 x 250 y 565 px
wheel 2 x 120 y 155