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Article #9037Re: laser test page
From: Roger L. Long
Date: Sat, 11 May 1991 15:10
Date: Sat, 11 May 1991 15:10
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In article <42570@netnews.upenn.edu> Edmund Davis writes: >I want to print out extra start-up pages. An office I do some work for >uses the page count for accounting purposes. Whenever they want it, they >turn it off and back on again. I think that this switching is hard >on the machine. >Could someone post the postscript code that forces a laserwriter to >print it's start-up page? Here's a couple of solutions to try: 1. Use Apple's Font Downloader to reset the printer, which will cause a startup page to print. 2. Here's some postscript to print out the current pagecount: /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont 72 300 moveto (Pages: ) show statusdict begin pagecount 5 string cvs show end showpage -- Roger L. Long bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!dhw68k!bytebug From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: laser test page Message-ID: <1991May11.151053.4449@dhw68k.cts.com> Date: 11 May 91 15:10:53 GMT References: <410.280F8651@busker.fidonet.org> <42570@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 25