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In article <zisk-031192120913@macne023.boston.us.adobe.com>, zisk@adobe.com (Stephen Zisk) writes:
>In article <BwqMn4.165@gdls.CSCTMD.COM>, parker@gdls.CSCTMD.COM (The
>Dougster) asked about using copypage to "thicken" parts of a drawing. Copy
>page does not
>iterate the PostScript previously executed using a new matrix. It simply
>prints
>the page, like showpage, without re-initializing for a new page.There are a
>number of ways to accomplish "thickening", depending on what you are doing
>and how much you want to thicken, but not of them are general enough. For
>instance, one could redefine fill to be {gsave 1 setlinewidth stroke
>grestore
>fill} which would add a 1 point border to filled objects, but this would
>fail
>if an unusual matrix were in place. I cannot think of a general and safe
>way
>to do what you are asking for.

Sure there is, at least if you know the printer resolution, and the postscript
program in question leaves the origin where it started:  execute the code that
descibes the page, translate 1 pixel right, execute the code that describes the
page, translate 1 pixel up execute the code that describes the page, translate
1 pixel left, execute the code that describes the page, then execute a showpage
command.
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