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Old 12-19-2011, 10:52 AM
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Rhino does a similar thing Leif. I took a screenshot to demonstrate. The dark grey area in the second pic is the printable area and the light grey area is the non-printable area of my printer (I would infer it's determined codewise much as the program I uploaded in the other thread). The black box with the letters L4 (virtual page size) shows where our universally compatible virtual page would lie within my HP's printable area. The Print Preview makes it a little more apparent as it shows the dotted lines just like I imagine Adobe Illustrator does.

Since I print to a PDF printer, the light grey area and dotted line don't appear because a virtual printer doesn't have a non-printable area. The L4 rectangle helps me nest my parts accurately and efficiently.
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