RE: [TCLUG:11173] PostScript Question...

["Schlough, Mark" <Mark.Schlough@nmb.norwest.com>]

I found a file landscap.ps file in the /usr/share/ghostscript.... directory.
Does anyone know how to use it?


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> Subject:	RE: [TCLUG:11173] PostScript Question...
> 
> There is a device-dependent level 1 PS op that will do this:
> setpageparams.
> It may or may not be supported by your interpreter, but give it a shot:
> 
>    statusdict begin 792 612 0 1 setpageparams end
> 
> will set the image region to 11 x 8.5 inches (72 points/inch) . The 4th
> arg
> (0/1) controls landscape/portrait orientation. 
> 
> Note that if you're putting this into PS created by some driver, your
> device
> coordinate system may have been changed from the native 72 point/inch, and
> also that this operator could be overridden or otherwise nullified by
> later
> code. PostScript written by a driver is not intended to be clear (that's
> an
> understatement) so it's often hard to tell.
> 
> 
	I'll give this a try....


> Phil Plumbo
> Printware
> 
> >	Is there a way to make the orientation of the page a part of the
> >posrtscript definition.  That way, the image that appears in gv as
> landscape
> >by default, will appear as landscape in PDF as well.
> >
> >	Thanks,
> >
> >	Mark
> >
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