I just read the disheartening news that Inkscape doesn't support multi-page documents. This would mean that one can not print a custom sized document that is larger then one sheet of standard size paper from Inkscape. Is this true?
Can more than one sheet of paper be placed next to each other on the screen and can a drawing "flow" from one page to the next page (for example, 4 sheets of 8.5 x 11 inch paper, placed next to each other on the screen (zoomed way out), and a line drawn starting at page one, to page 2, page 3 and ending with page 4)? This way a drawing can be continous and then printed page by page and cut-&-taped together to form a large sized document (a lot of work but....)
Any other suggestions?
Thank you.
I just read the disheartening news that Inkscape doesn't support multi-page documents. This would mean that one can not print a custom
It's true that it does not. This is sad, but you should be able to work around it.
I find that printing from a PNG file (export bitmap) works better on my Linux system. You should be able to setup a page size to the custom dimensions you want and then draw your poster/whatever. Export the whole thing to a bitmap and then print the bitmap - then it's all up to your printer software. No?
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Jon jts wrote:
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:04:45 +0200 From: Jon jts <jts99@...2000...> Reply-To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] Large sized documents
I just read the disheartening news
it wasn't news it was someone trying to help on the mailing list and it was a qualified statement, he wasn't sure. do not rush to any conclusions.
that Inkscape doesn't support multi-page documents. This would mean that one can not print a custom sized document that is larger then one sheet of standard size paper from Inkscape. Is this true?
With the right printer and settings I don't believe that is true. Even if it is it would be a bug and workarounds do exist.
What Inkscape definately does not support is multipage documents as specified in more recent versions of the SVG standard. Inkscape does not provide for mulitpage drawings in the way OpenOffice Draw (or Microsoft Visio, or Adobe Illustrator with the help of a 3rd party plugin) does with a tab at the bottom of the page for each sheet.
Getting your printing problems sorted can be a real pain, it is so difficult to test the many printers out there. Printing to PDF and then printing really is a good idea.
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