yonky wrote (see)

 HI ALL, THANKS FOR THE GLOWING RECOMENDATION R-MAC...CHEQUES IN THE POST!

I am having some issues trying to get my design to print on one 11x17 sheet of US Tabloid paper.  Here are my settings:

% normal user print options
% paper type select ISO A3 or US tabloid
/ISOpaper        0    def % use ISO paper [0/1]
/largePaper        1    def % A4/letter or A3/tabloid select [0/1]
% print settings
/fullSize        1    def % print the design full size [0/1]

% paper overlap
/pasteOverlap    50    def % multi-page pasting overlap
% printing properties
/pageBorder        5    def % page border
/lineWidth        0.5    def % line width

% constants & strings
/tabloidX        279    def
/tabloidY        432    def

My design should fit.  Once it is cut out and taped together its fits well inside one sheet of 11x17.  The output I am getting now appears to be centering a normal US letter 8.5x11 sheet of paper in the 11x17 space.

> I am having some issues trying to get my design to print on one 11x17 sheet of US Tabloid paper.

The script won't necessarily do this; one of the problems associated with trying to offer a script that is versatile enough to cope with just about any pot & burner combination is that the output isn't always perfectly optimised for that combination.  It will produce something that works, but may not be absolutely perfect.

The reason I haven't tried to optimise the script to fit a template on one page is that it's pretty rare that a template will fit on one page; most people don't have access to large page printers.

> NVM, I got it figured out.

For future reference, what was the solution?

captain paranoia wrote (see

For future reference, what was the solution?

Well Thank You!

But don't mistake my small understanding to mean that I comprehend the balance of your shrouded brilliance. 

Thanks for your work on this program for the clone.  It has been a great help and a fun project!

Well CP, with your very helpful readme and updated script, I threw one together for the Kmart Grease Pot out of some aluminum roof flashing.

I couldn't get the top part to link together properly; I'm not sure if I perhaps misunderstood some part of the printout but there weren't any tabs or anything to hold the top part together. I just ended up making a little tab and a slit for it to go through. Doesn't work perfectly, but gets the job done. 

Leaving for the AT in about a week with my new toy; will do some nice field testing. Kitchen tests show this one to boil water almost 2 minutes faster than my previous attempt at a Caldera Cone (perhaps I didn't have enough ventilation holes?).

 Here are pics:

 Little glob there is leftover duct tape glue that got stuck on after I tested the stove and forgot to take off the duct tape

Fits almost perfectly into the pot, along with stove, pot grips, measuring cup, lighter, and trusty pot scrubber with room to spare for some salt/pepper.

Very satisfied with the final product; your work is much appreciated.

> I couldn't get the top part to link together properly; I'm not sure if I perhaps misunderstood some part of the printout but there weren't any tabs or anything to hold the top part together

Another script tweak required, perhaps...

The script sort of assumes that the pan will have handles that extend almost to the Flissure.  When using a pot grab, the handle cutout is much smaller.

TBH, I'm not sure that a fastening is absolutely necessary in the upper part, but you could add another folded-out tab and slot joint if you wanted.  This extra joint will make mating a little more difficult.

Very nice job you've made there; hope it does the job on the AT.  Would be great to hear how you get on with a long-term test like that.  Pre-trip field testing certainly recommended to make sure you're happy with the thing.

Life Venture Flissure Clone in use in Scotland recently.  Protected by a snow wall to keep out the strong winds.  Brewed up a nice blackcurrant and ginseng tea, although I got a bit keen and burnt myself on the first mouthful... d'oh!

The lighter needed a little coaxing to get the butane to evaporate; in trouser pocket for a while, and meths burner warmed in the hand.

A slight variation that was easy to make using a normal version of CP's postscript, set for my pan obviously.

The top section just drops onto the lower one and sits on the four tabs which i haven't shortened yet.

Hopefully it'll work ok when i make a hard copy.

My printer is playing up hence the dodgy lines.

Blimey, twigs, are you still using that old finger joint at the ends of the clone?  The slot and tab is far better; use the script I sent in January, or ask me for the latest.

BTW, I've been trying to reproduce d3lphi's printing problem, but have been unable to do so.  The script doesn't centre the template on the page (except the "draughtsman's view" on page 1); it puts it in the bottom LH corner.  I've set GSView to use a US Tabloid media for display, and everything looks fine.

I suspect some misunderstanding with the use of the script, or printer 'being too clever'.  d3lphi says his printer couldn't print to the edge, so bits were missing when he forced the position and printed it out; the script forces a margin around the page to deal with this very problem.

captain paranoia wrote (see

I suspect some misunderstanding with the use of the script, or printer 'being too clever'.  d3lphi says his printer couldn't print to the edge, so bits were missing when he forced the position and printed it out; the script forces a margin around the page to deal with this very problem.

I measured my taped together two page template and it is right at 17" at the widest so its just not small enought to fit on one US tabloid sized page, due to the forced margins of my printer.

Cheers CP, i do have the script that can generate fingers, tabs and mitre but i make my own finger joints anyway just using the template to generate the basic cone.

Just ordered some ali so pretty soon i'll have my first flissure.

> I measured my taped together two page template and it is right at 17" at the widest so its just not small enought to fit on one US tabloid sized page, due to the forced margins of my printer.

The script will also force a page margin, too, to deal with the problem of printers not printing right to the edge.

Everything is explained now; thanks for the extra info.