i have a simple question. Do the margins and bounds for a page have to
be considered together?
As in , should i add up the two to get the *real* printable area?
The page has three basic measurements: page size, printable area, and
margins.
The page size is the size of the physical piece of paper.
The printable area is the subset of the physical piece of paper where the
printer can actually print.
The margins are the subset of the physical piece of paper where the
application is expected to try to print.
Note that the printable area and margins are both relative to the page
size, not each other. The main thing is to ensure that the margins are
contained within the printable area, otherwise your printing will wind up
cropped.
can i , or should i turn the margins off? by setting it to (0,0,0,0)
because i'm printing things like reports and bills?
IMHO, you should always respect the margins, and use those to determine
where to print. If you offer the user a way to change the margins, it's
useful to alert the user when they select margins outside the printable
area. But even there, there are situations in which it's useful to allow
the user to do that.
At the very least, autoconfigure the margins to be equal to the printable
area, and leave it at that. Setting the margins to an empty rectangle is
a good way to print blank pages.
Pete
