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I wrote:

: I am led to believe that there is a commonly-implemented, but
: non-standard PostScript operator called "setpageparams".  It is
: apparently supported on many typesetters (particularly Linotronics)
: but not on laserprinters.
: Can anyone shed any light on this?

Many thanks to everyone who replied.  I have tried to reply
to you all by email but in one case it bounced (sorry Andrea).

To summarise the responses so far:-

setpageparams is often implemented on typesetters, but is not part of
standard PostScript.  It may therefore vary and should be treated with
caution.  It is used to tell the RIP how big the page is, and how to
position it on the film.

The syntax is:-

statusdict begin
  width height margin orientation setpageparams
end

Width and height are the size in points, width being in the fast scan
direction and height in the slow scan direction.  Margin is the
distance in points from the start of the fast scan to the start of the
imageable area.  Orientation of 0 means the X axis is oriented along
the slow scan direction, and 1 means the X axis is oriented along the
fast scan direction.  (Note that width and height are relative to the
scan directions, not the axes)

I understand that there is also a command "currentpageparams" which
puts the current four values onto the stack in the same order.

-- Steve
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				Steve Hunt	steve@acorn.co.uk