Re: Citizen CX-02 incorrect paper dimensions in PPD

Erik Beck of Tahoma <[email protected]> Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:37:44 -0400
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Thank you!

On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:05:33 -0400
Solomon Peachy <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 06:03:46PM -0400, Bacon At Taha wrote:
> > Are dimensions for all printers specified in points, or does that
> > vary across printers?  
> 
> Points are the unit of measurement for Postscript so that's what PPDs 
> still use.  Beyond that, printers typically represent dimensions via 
> whatever mechanism the operating system (or page definition langauge) 
> requires.  One printer I own natively uses pixels per meter, which
> IIRC is a Windows Bitmap thing.
> 
>  - Solomon