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Article #5556Re: More than one "logical" page per "physical" page
From: Vidiot
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 15:04
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 15:04
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In article <1991May2.004059.22300@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> DAVISM@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael T. Davis) writes:
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< Is there a short subprogram that can be {ap|pre}pended to a PostScript
<file in order for the file to print multiple (logical) pages per (physical)
<page? DEC PostScript printers include this ability, but I haven't been able to
<glean the method they use from what little related documention we have.
I'm not sure what you mean by a logical page, but if you want the printer to
print more than one copy of the same page, then do: /#copies n def
where n is the number of copies you want printed each time a showpage is done.
That little ditty can be added anywhere in the prolog.
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