The IlvPaperFormat Class

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The IlvPaperFormat class describes paper formats. Paper formats can be registered and queried by name.

A number of commonly used paper formats have been preregistered. Dimensions must be given in PostScript points.

Note: On the Windows platform, when using IlvWindowsPrinter, the printer driver is responsible for the paper sizes, so this class is used only with IlvPSPrinter.

Retrieving a paper format:

IlvPaperFormat* letterformat = IlvPaperFormat::Get("Letter");

Creating a new paper format:

IlvPrintCMUnit width(100.0);

IlvPrintCMUnit height(100.0);

IlvPaperFormat::Register("MyFormat", width.getPoints(), height.getPoints());

Predefined paper formats are shown in Table 13.1:

Predefined Paper Formats
Name	Width (in points)	Height (in points)
A0	2380	3368
A1	1684	2380
A2	1190	1684
A3	842	1190
A4	595	842
A5	421	595
A6	297	421
B4	709	1003
B5	516	729
C5	459	649
Quarto	610	780
Folio	612	936
Statement	396	612
Monarch	279	540
Executive	540	720
Ledger	1224	792
Tabloid	792	1224
Legal	612	1008
Letter	612	792

Published date: 05/24/2022

Last modified date: 02/24/2022