Custom Paper sizes

[Mr Flynn]

How do you create a custom paper size in Windows XP
Professional?

I have looked in the advanced options for the Printer
Preferences and there does not seem to be a custom option
as there was in win 9x.
Any help is much appreciated!

Cheers

 

[mao]

Printers and Faxes->File->Server Properties; there's a tab

 

[Jefe QuickCad]

And when that new size doesn't show up? Then What?

In another thread the following was stated:
"The form definition must be within the printable area defined in the
printer GPD file from the printer manufacturer or you will not see it in the
list of paper sizes within the printer properties."

Could you please supply an example to explain what the above statement
means, and how to
specifically resolve it? Are we to assume that the custom size we are trying
to define is not showing up on the list because of attempting to place it in
a non-printable area?

We have a Panasonic KX-P2123 and cannot print 1 inch x 3.5 inch tractor feed
labels using Windows XP. We cannot print them from either MS Access or MS
Word. To print the 1x3.5 label properly in MS Access on Windows 98 we needed
to define it as an Epson LQ-860. To print from MS Word on Windows 98 we used
the KX-P2123 driver.

Any information you can supply will be appreciated.

Jefe

P.S. I don't mean to cross-post messages, but this message's subject is
actually more applicable to the topic...and new.

 

[mao]

Contact the printer manufacturer and see if they have a newer driver that
supports the custom size you want.

If the size you are trying to define doesn't fit within the dimensions
defined in the gpd file, then the driver will not present the size to the
application.

Example:
1. Go to the application you are using and pick a size that shows in the
paper list; record the size.
2. Go to the paper tab in the Server Properties and define a new paper size
with a new name using the dimensions you recorded.
3. Go back to the application and see if the new size shows up.