Re: how do I find the real edges of printing on a PostScript printer?

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From: Mark Zellers
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1991 19:09

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>In article <1014@keele.keele.ac.uk>, gerry@seq1.keele.ac.uk (G.D.Pratt) writes:
>|> Does anyone have any ideas or code about how to find what the
>|> *real* edges of the printing area are on a PostScript printer.
>|> If I draw from 0,0 I have missing bits and need to find the
>|> real origin for a driver.
>|> 
>|> cheers,
>|> gerry
>|> -- 
>|> gerry pratt  --  workstation support  --  university of keele
>|> email:  gerry@seq1.keele.ac.uk   *   tel:  0782 621111 x 3290
>|> "these opinions are mine, mine, mine....ALL MINE I TELL YOU!"
>
If you want to find the boundaries of the imageable area (rather than
the paper)  try using 

	clippath pathbbox

to get the llx lly urx ury of the current clipping path (which is by
default the imageable area).

Mark H. Zellers
marc.com!bwayne!mark

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From: mzellers@starnet.uucp (Mark Zellers)
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Subject: Re: how do I find the real edges of printing on a PostScript printer?
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