Re: can I print a mirrored page???

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From: Dave Shaver
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:34

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graphics@selas.iesl.forth.gr (Graphics Team (PIT)) writes:
>	I would like to know if it is possible to print a page (text) in
>a mirrored way

Yes.  Do an appropriate translate, then "-1 1 scale".  Like this:

/mirror { 8.5 72 mul 0 translate -1 1 scale } def

To avoid the nasty A4 v. US paper problem, you could use the initial
clippath and assume that's the size of the renderable page.

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