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Re: printing pages in reverse order

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From: Colin Wu
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:44
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In article <1992Aug17.150405.6011@zip.eecs.umich.edu>  
blommer@euler.eecs.umich.edu (Michael Alan Blommer) writes:
# This may be a FAQ, but I have not found the answer anywhere.  Does anyone now  
# how to reverse the order in which the NeXT printer prints out pages?  That  
is,  
# how can I make so that the printer begins printing with the first page of a  
# document instead of the last page of a document?
# 
# Thanks in advance,
# Mike
# blommer@engin.umich.edu

If it is I couldn't find it with Librarian.

I use /usr/lib/transcript/psrev in a shell script as the output filter in the  
queue.  psrev accepts POSTSCRIPT input on its stdin, reverses the page order  
and places the output on its stdout.

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