Apple LaserWriter Select 310 Printer - Manual (Page 23)

C H A P T E R 1
LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware
Page Types 11
Interactive Mode 1
You can use the LaserWriter Select 310 printer as a personal computer, and control it
directly by means of a terminal or other input device. This way of using the printer is
known in this context as interactive mode. It allows you to experiment with the
PostScript language.
In interactive mode, a job consists of a long dialogue, in which you issue a PostScript
language statement, and the server executes the statement and prompts for the next one.
The state of the PostScript interpreter’s virtual memory persists until you explicitly end
the job. While you are entering a statement, the printer echoes characters and provides
you with limited means for making corrections.
Page Types 1
The imageable area of a page (the area in which printed matter may appear) is referred to
as the page size. Page size constrained by
■ the physical size of the paper
■ the margins required by the printing engine
■ the amount of memory available for the full-page frame buffer
Table 1-5 lists the range of paper sizes supported by the LaserWriter Select 310 printer.
Table 1-5 Available page types
Name
Paper size in
inches Page size in
inches
Description
a4 8.27 x 11.69 7.84 x 11.42 Standard page type for European A4-size paper
a4small 8.27 x 11.69 7.47 x 10.85 Smaller version of a4
a5 5.87 x 8.27 5.44 x 7.84 Standard page type for European A5-size paper
b5 7.17 x 10.12 6.97 x 9.72 Standard page type for Japanese B5-size paper
c5 6.38 x 9.02 5.98 x 8.62 Standard page type for the C5-size envelope
com10 4.13 x 9.5 3.73 x 9.1 Standard page type for the COM10-size envelope
dl 4.33 x 8.66 3.93 x 8.26 Standard page type for the DL-size envelope
executivepage 7.25 x 10.5 6.85 x 10.1 Standard page type for Executive-size paper
legal 8.5 x l4 8.1 x 13.67 Standard page type for legal-size paper
letter 8.5 x 11 8.1 x 10.67 Standard page type for letter-size paper
lettersmall 8.5 x 11 7.68 x 10.16 Smaller version of letter size
monarch 3.87 x 7.5 3.47 x 7.1 Standard page type for the Monarch-size
envelope
NOTE The margins required in all cases are 0.2 inches on each side, and at the top and bottom.