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In article <1gal7aINNa9p@moe.ksu.ksu.edu>, terry@eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull)
wrote:
> 
> I have two basic questions.  
> 
> 1)  How do you set the tumble mode for a printer with duplexing capability?
On a Level 1 machine, this is normally done using settumble (false = flip
across long edge, true = flip across short edge). I believe there was also
at least one printer that did it by using ints for values to setduplex, but
I am not positive. For Level 2, you need to set the /Tumble key to true in
a call to setpagedevice, although for compatibility, duplex printers would
probably have the settumble operator available.
> 2)  Where is the best place in a PS file to put things like the duplex mode
> and the tumble mode? 
Presuming you want the whole file in a single mode, do it as part of
the setup, before you fiddle with graphics state or put any marks on
a page. This is definitely required in level 2, where the call to
setpagedevice will initialize your state. The big caution here is that
on some Level 1 machines, duplex and tumble obey save/restore, while
on others they do not! This means you cannot rely on restore setting
you back to simplex within your job. On Level 2 machines, setpagedevice
strictly obeys save/restore.

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