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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Creating Calling Cards
From:       ephemeron () uk2 ! net
Date:       2001-06-27 14:58:08
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On Monday 25 June 2001 19:39, Chris Howells wrote:
> > I want to do Business Cards using Killustrator. It would be real
> > cool if there was a (print preview) option that would let you
> > print multiple instances of a single document page. That is, I
> > would create a 3.5 by 2 inch custom-size page in Killustrator and
> > just specify at print time that I want 10 of them (5 down and 2
> > across) printed on letter-size (8.5 by 11) stock.
>
> You can do this using the new kdelibs (2.2alpha I think) with the
> improve KDE printing framwork architecture -- you can specify that
> you want multiple copies of a page to fit onto the same page, so
> this would work better.
>
> I'm currently in the process of creating such a template for KWord
> -- I'll check it with Thomas, and if he likes it, he can put it
> into CVS, hopefully.

Interesting (just don't have the time / fortitude to  start building 
from CVS). But really, if the printing framework is a KDE-wide 
solution, I would still prefer the frameless freedom of Killustrator. 
Kword for long documents; Killustrator for arty design.

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