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From: drs18
Date: Jan 27, 2005 7:45AM


On Jan 26, 2005, at 4:12 PM, intern.wincog wrote:
> Does anyone have suggestions regarding how wide margins should be to
> be most
> accessible to the widest range of printers possible?

Since someone did point out that this is an "Accessibility" list,
wouldn't the appropriate solution be to provide an accessible html page
with both screen and print styles? Why bother with PDF at all?

If, within that style, everything is relative and fluid, cropping
shouldn't be an issue.
Dagmar, you may find http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/
helpful.



David R. Stong
Multimedia Specialist, Graphic Designer

Education Technology Services, a small unit within
Information Technology Services, at
The Pennsylvania State University
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State College, PA 16801-4819