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Re: BeginSetup/EndSetup

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From: Geof Cooper
Date: Tue, 16 May 1989 21:44
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In article <825@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.COM (Glenn Reid) writes:
>In article <9059@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes:
>>%!PS-Adobe-2.0...
>>...
>>%%BeginSetup
>>% we possibly change the CTM here, maybe even stash it away
>>% for later use
>>6 array currentmatrix print flush % this is the *last* thing in setup
>>%%EndSetup
>>%%Page 1 1
>>6 array currentmatrix print flush % this is the *first* thing in page
>>%%Trailer
>>

I need to ask another question... were you thinking of storing your
preamble in the printer using exitserver, then just sending the
document part later?  If so, what you specify is a bit dangerous, since
the conditions under which the document might print might have a
different matrix from when the preamble was executed.  This would be
the case on some printers if the paper tray changed.  It would also be
the case on some products if the printing resolution changed between
PostScript files.

- Geof Cooper
  IMAGEN (is a subset of QMS)
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