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In article <48936@ogicse.ogi.edu> rajesh@mse.ogi.edu (Rajesh Dighde) writes:
>How can I program the postscript file so that the output
>will be in landscape mode.  Specifically I want to print
>some tables generated by troff typesetter.

What we need to know is what computer you're using, what kind
of troff, and what you're using to convert troff output to
PostScript.  And, exactly what you want to do - just rotate
and squish vertically to fit?  Or what?

The mechanics of doing this is by putting a bit of code
at the top of each page that will do a translate and rotate
and possibly a scale.  Some of the troff packages have this
built-in, and others will require manual editing of the
PostScript output.

If you have to manually edit each page, you want to put
the following in right after each "%%Page:" comment:

    612 0 translate 90 rotate

(the above assumes 8.5" wide paper).

You also have to tell troff that a page is 8.5" high - how
you do this depends on which macro package you're using.  In
MM, use -rL8.5i.  With man or ms, you usually have to insert
a ".pl 8.5i" into your document.

If you're using psroff (not Adobe Transcript), get your administrator
to upgrade to Psroff 3.0 PL15 (available in ftp.uunet.ca
distrib/chris_lewis/psroff3.0pl15), and read the manual page
about landscape - it's builtin with PL15, and none of the above
handwaving is necessary.
-- 
Chris Lewis; clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca; Phone: Canada 613 832-0541
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