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In article <POK.92Sep4111044@gabriel.ccs.yorku.ca> pok@gabriel.ccs.yorku.ca  
(Pok Ng) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> 	Does anyone know how to set up the NeXT so that it WIIL NOT  generate 
> postscript file with pages in reverse-order(ie I want first page first  
instead of
> last page first)?
> 
> 
> thanks
> /pok

I asked this question awhile back, and got the following response:

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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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Here's an example that I used to test this method, and it works (thanks Colin):
First I used the Preview option in the print panel to create a .ps file.  For  
the example it created the file /tmp/.preview760088.ps.  Then in a shell, I  
used the psrev command

% psrev /tmp/.preview760088.ps | lpr -P zwicker_printer

zwicker_printer is the name of the printer used to print the stuff out.  See  
the man pages for more info. and capabilities regarding psrev.

Now for the good news.  I looked around the documentation for printing in 3.0  
(beta release) and it turns out that things CAN be printed in reverse order (in  
3.0).  The print panel is very similar to that in 2.1, but to print stuff in  
reverse order, you just use the "From" option in Pages and enter "last" in the  
"From" field and enter "first" in the "To" field.  It worked with a document I  
printed from a machine with 3.0 on it, but it doesn't work in 2.1.  So if you  
can wait for 3.0, everything should be much easier.


Mike Blommer
blommer@eecs.umich.edu
(NeXT mail welcome)