Re: [hylafax-users] html questions

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jeff wrote:
> All my faxes that I want to send will be html files converted to 
> postscript with html2ps. I can't seem to find these 2 answers anywhere...
>
> 1.    For testing purposes, I want to make one table on a html page 
> that is as tall and wide as possible that fits on one printed fax. 
> When this html file is converted to postcript (using 1cm margins for 
> left, right, top, and bottom in html2ps) and faxed, the table should 
> be exactly 1cm (postcript margin) from the left, right, top, and 
> bottom of the fax. What should the dimensions of this table be? 
> example: height="800" width="600"
>
> 2.    What is the maximum or BEST resolution for b&w 
> pictures/images/clip art on an html page (converted to postscript) to 
> be faxed? example: 100 pixels/inch (I'm using photoshop for the images)
>
> Thanks!
>
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Jeff,

I am not sure that HTML's width attribute supports the use of inches (ex 
- width="7.712in"). However, it does appear that CSS does support layout 
in inches. You may want to try to set a div such as <div width="7.712in" 
height="10.212in"> ....content..... </div>

Not sure if it will work, but worth a shot.

Also, those measurements should leave you with pretty close to a 1cm 
margin around the paper as long as the DIV is centered.

1 cm = 0.394 inches
8.5in wide, minus 0.394in (left margin), minus 0.394in (right margin) = 
7.712in.
11in wide, minus 0.394in (top margin), minus 0.394in (bottom margin) = 
10.212in.

Some other interesting reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch
http://www.sphoto.com/homedd/dpi-ppi.php
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/intermediate/a/meas_resolution.htm
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/intermediate/a/measure_dpi.htm
http://www.biotech.ufl.edu/EM/data/pixi_vs_dpi.php (I love me some Univ 
of Florida - Go Gators) ;)

I too am looking to embark upon something similar to this. We are 
wanting to generate some HTML documents via a form. Basically, we would 
input form data, the data would then be put into the body of a 
pre-templated HTML page and then faxed to a selected number of recipients.

Let me know if this was of any help.

Kevin L.


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