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Article #2260Re: How do you make copies of (almost) the same thing?
From: Vidiot
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 1990 01:33
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 1990 01:33
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In article <775@ssc.UUCP> fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) writes:
<I have a file that takes about 8 minutes to print because it creates
<a fancy background. I need to make copies of the same thing with
<one line of text changed.
<
<It appears that I could do this with "copypage" and then "fill" the space for
<the text with white and then "show" the new text.
<It seems this would work until I run out of memory (which isn't a problem
<as I am talking about 5-15 copies for each run).
<My question is, did I miss the right way to do this?
Yep, you miss the boat. Use the following:
/#copies n def
Replace 'n' with the number of copies desired. A good place to put this line
is right before the showpage.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!haven!decuac!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!uwvax!astroatc!vidiot!brown From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: How do you make copies of (almost) the same thing? Message-ID: <497@vidiot.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 90 01:33:44 GMT References: <775@ssc.UUCP> Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Organization: Vidiot's Hangout Lines: 21