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Article #4051Re: Multiple copies within PS file
From: Vidiot
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 06:49
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 06:49
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In article <1992Nov9.155057.5403@inel.gov> haw@inel.gov (Grant Hawkes) writes:
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< I am wondering if there is a way to give a ps command to print
<multiple copies of the ps file. I have a two page color postscript
<file that I want to send to the color ps printer. I need several
<copies. I know that I can keep sending the file multiple times, but
<I want to know if there is a command to issue to do it. I looked
<at a ps book and couldn't find anything on copies in the index.
<Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Add:
/#copies <value> def
After the first line (usually) the %!
That is the quick and dirty way of doing it. If you have a multi-page file,
the definition may have to be placed in a different spot, but #copies is the
value that is used to print more than one copy.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!daffy!uwvax!astroatc!vidiot!brown From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Multiple copies within PS file Keywords: Copies Message-ID: <4411@vidiot.UUCP> Date: 10 Nov 92 06:49:47 GMT References: <1992Nov9.155057.5403@inel.gov> Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Organization: Vidiot's Hangout Lines: 24