Making and printing Posters from OpenOffice?

cleblanc · Newbie Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 2

Hey, I'm new to this forum - but it seems prettty cool.

I'm wondering how to print to poster sized paper?

Background:
I use OpenOffice 1.0.2 on a Linux machine at work. I had to make a poster, and didn't want to use CorelDraw again (I find it VERY flaky for printing large files). I also wanted to be able to do it in Linux, and have it portable. I decided to use OpenOfiice Draw. As it turned out, it was very capable of handling all of my needs (lots of large encapsulated postscript figures and png images).

I also looked at the QT program Scribus, which is great at making PDFs, but seems to rasterize the EPS figures.

Problem:
I noticed that the maximum paper width is 120 cm (for the "custom" papersize). This isn't nearly big enough for making large posters (I was aiming for 90cm height, and 240 cm length). I simply used Legal papersize, in landscape mode. I sent the postscript to the HP large format printer, which scaled it to the width of the paper (36 inch roll). It worked, but its kind of a hack.

So my question is, Is there an existing way to print to get a much larger custom page size? Is this something I should make a feature request for?

PS: Openoffice was the most robust program I have tried so far (for printing to postscript), for this kind of thing (of course, powerpoint is NOT an option). It handled the eps figures like a champ! Keep up the good work guys!

Thanks,
Chris

bartgymnast · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 11:50 pm Post subject:

if I'm not mistaken A1 paper is bigger than 90x240

and printing to A1 paper is supported, even A0
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cleblanc · Newbie Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 2

Thanks for the response,

I just quickly checked the paper sizes you mentioned (A0 and A1). A0 seems to be 84.1 x 118.9 cm, while A1 is 59.4 x 84.1 cm.

Its nice to see that poster sizes are supported, but it would be great to have a (much) greater width than 120 cm, for the custom page size.

I think I will make a feature request.

bartgymnast · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2003 4:57 am Post subject:

np, I will see if I can find some other things
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dcarrera · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 4:11 am Post subject:

Consider tyring out the GIMP.

http://www.gimp.org

GIMP can handle any size poster you want. Now, notice that the GIMP and Draw are very different programs. GIMP is a raster program, Draw is a vector graphics program.
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mclien · Newbie Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 2

I need to print a scalc document wich is wider than A0 (1189mm) is this possible, or do I have to make a feature request?

donthaveone · Guest

I am also having this problem. For my project I can save as PDF or print to a converting program (kinkos weborder), but OO has a rather severe limit on the size page I can create. Anyone know a PDF program that can handle large pages?

lukiluc · Newbie Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 3

Same for me...

I need to make some historical planks which are 29.7cm high (one A4) and several metres long ! Impossible ?

helmerj · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:22 am Post subject: