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Re: how to print multiple pages on one page

#683
From: Amanda Walker
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1989 16:57
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In article <2148@taux01.UUCP>, cyosta@taux01.UUCP ( Yossie Silverman ) writes:
> The
> only thing to make note of is that 'showpage' should be called an extra
> 8 times at the end of the postscript in order to flush the last page (anyone
> have a better idea?  Something that could be set up at the start to trap
> the 'end-of-job' condition?).

How about adding a definition along the lines of:

/Flushpages { Which 0 neq { Showpage } if } def

This does a "real" showpage if the last page hasn't.

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
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From: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: how to print multiple pages on one page
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