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Article #3495Re: DRAFT?
From: The Phoenix
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 1990 12:21
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 1990 12:21
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rrw@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Robert Wier) writes: > I'm trying to use the DRAFT page background print. From > WUARCHIVE, I fetched the following code which is supposed > to be compatible with Macintosh applications, using the > PS escape font: > % Prints a gray "DRAFT" in the center of the page > % (c) 1989 Peter Jorgensen > % non-commercial distribution rights granted to bearer > % lines beginning with percent sign are comments, and can be left out. > gsave > .95 setgray > 220 400 moveto > /Helvetica-Bold findfont 72 scalefont setfont > 45 rotate > (DRAFT) show > grestore > ... it prints mirror image upside down (ie, > it is upside down and reversed).... > - Bob Wier Well, try bunging an "initmatrix" call in after the gsave. Ie. gsave initmatrix 220 400 moveto .. etc. Alternatively (DRASTIC!), try "initgraphics" ... - Phoenix ============================= F.N.X ====== Space - The Final Frontier == The Phoenix |These are the voyages of the starship ENTERPRISE, its continuing nab1@csug.cs. |mission: to explore strange, new worlds, to seek out new life & reading.ac.uk|new civilisations; to baldly go where noone has gone before ...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!ukc!reading!rosemary!nab1 From: nab1@rosemary.cs.reading.ac.uk (The Phoenix) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: DRAFT? Message-ID: <1990Oct30.122131.24011@csug.rdg.ac.uk> Date: 30 Oct 90 12:21:31 GMT References: <2762@naucse.cse.nau.edu> Sender: news@csug.rdg.ac.uk Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Reading Univ., UK. Lines: 35