[mapguide-users] Printing to specific scale doesn't work - wrong scale

[Andrew DeMerchant]

I had it backwards....to print something out so that it's ACTUALLY at 
1:10000, you have to fiddle with it until it's around 1:9375...then you 
can use a 1:10000 scale to measure things correctly. Hope that 
illustrates the problem........still no rasters being printed either!

Andrew

Andrew DeMerchant wrote:

> Nope....nothing quite so simple unfortunately......also of note, I 
> just tried to print the same thing out at 1:10666 (which should equal 
> 1:10000, if I did my math right), but that just plain doesn't work...I 
> get a blank page. I'm guessing that you can't just type in the scale 
> that you want, unless it's in the list (though the program lets you 
> think that you can do it)
>
> Andrew
>
> Andy Morsell wrote:
>
>> You don't have any printer specific override settings that might be 
>> affecting this do you?  Such as a "scale page to fit" or similar option?
>>  
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Andrew DeMerchant [mailto:andrew.demerchant at gemtec.ca]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:46 AM
>> *To:* users at mapguide.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* [mapguide-users] Printing to specific scale doesn't work - 
>> wrong scale
>>
>> If you select a printout to be at a specific scale, it's wrong (off 
>> by about 5%).
>>
>> If you are using a custom print layout with a scalebar, it's easier 
>> to notice right away. Print something at 1:10000, for example. Then 
>> grab an actual 1:10000 scale and you'll see that the scale bar on the 
>> page is too small. From 0 to 600 metres, it should measure 60mm, but 
>> is actually only 56mm. This translates to a 40metre error when 
>> scaling things off of the printout. The scalebar does actually match 
>> the scale of the drawing though, but it is not 1:10000, as it claims.
>>
>> Has anyone run into this? I've just submitted it as a bug....maybe 
>> there's a workaround though....
>>
>> Andrew
>> -- 
>> 	*Andrew DeMerchant*
>> *Computer Technologist*
>> ph.1-877-4GEMTEC x.163
>> fax 506-453-9470
>>
>> /GEMTEC Limited <http://www.gemtec.ca>
>> /191 Doak Road
>> Fredericton, NB, Canada
>> E3C 2E6
>>
>
> -- 
> 	*Andrew DeMerchant*
> *Computer Technologist*
> ph.1-877-4GEMTEC x.163
> fax 506-453-9470
>
> /GEMTEC Limited <http://www.gemtec.ca>
> /191 Doak Road
> Fredericton, NB, Canada
> E3C 2E6
>

-- 
	*Andrew DeMerchant*
*Computer Technologist*
ph.1-877-4GEMTEC x.163
fax 506-453-9470

/GEMTEC Limited <http://www.gemtec.ca>
/191 Doak Road
Fredericton, NB, Canada
E3C 2E6

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