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- From: Neil Brooks <Brooks@EXETER.AC.UK>
- Subject: Re: Mavericks + a Postscript tip
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- Here at Exeter anyone who *doesn't* use NB is a Maverick! (But I do not
- know how long I/we can hold the line.)
-
- Just to make this message not a total waste of bandwidth, here is a useful
- trick for those using Postscript printers. The following trick will
- allow "DRAFT" in BIG letters to appear beneath the text on a page.
-
- Call the file PS-PORT.PRN to the screen (It is in the NB directory).
- Move to the section starting PC:16 near the bottom of the file.
- These paragraphs define what NB sends to a printer when it encounters
- PC# deltas in your text. They are defined in number sequence.
- Move down to a blank line eg I will use the code PC8 so move to the 8th
- paragraph.
- Insert before the 8th paragraph marker the following. DO NOT USE AN ENTER KEY
- AFTER THE WORD moveto! Just use a space. The ) and ( at the start and end
- are correct!
-
- ) s gsave 200 30 translate 65 rotate T 216 scalefont setfont 0 0 moveto
- 0.95 setgray (DRAFT) show grestore (
-
- Save the file, reload the printer driver.
- Place a PC8 delta in a Running Header to get draft on every page.
-
- This one change to PS-PORT.PRN allows all of the Postscript Portrait drivers
- to use this feature. To enable it for landscape try editing PS-LAND.PRN but
- I have not tested that orientation.
- NB This works for NB 3.0/3.1 No guarauntee (sp?) about 4.0 !!
- --
- Neil Brooks, University of Exeter Computer Unit
- Electronic mail: Brooks@uk.ac.exeter
- Phone: (+44) 392 263946
- Postal Address: Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QE, Devon, U.K.
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