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Re: Duplex/Simplex printing on HP IIID

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From: Bob Bright
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:19
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In article <TDW.92Apr9203649@batmobil.vuse> tdw@batmobil.vuse (Thomas D. Wagner) writes:
>duplex. Okay, so I should be able to take some PostScript, insert the
>code to set /setduplexmode to false and it should simplex that job.
>
>The code I inserted is
>    statusdict /setduplexmode false put
>
>I also tried
>    statusdict begin /setduplexmode true def

Put the following two lines at the top of your file:

%!
statusdict begin false setduplexmode end

If you're on a unix system, just save them as "simplex.ps" and
cat them to your printer before your file whenever you want to print
in simplex:

cat simplex.ps yourfile.ps | lpr -Pprinter_name

BBB
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Subject: Re: Duplex/Simplex printing on HP IIID
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