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From: parker@zaphod.mpr.ca (Ross Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.lang.postscript,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Can you make ditroff print in landscape orientation on an Apple laserwriter?
Message-ID: <1905@eric.mpr.ca>
Date: 17 Nov 89 18:40:06 GMT
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In article <1900@eric.mpr.ca>, parker@zaphod.mpr.ca (Ross Parker) writes:
> If you're using Transcript version 2.1 (I think this will work for
> earlier versions also), simply add a '-r' flag onto the 'psdit'
> command line. You'll need to set up the page length and page width
> within your document to suit (and tbl still has a hard-coded limit,
> I believe). Here's a sample command line:
> 
> tbl file | /usr/lib/ditroff -ms -Tpsc -i | /usr/local/transcript/psdit -r |
> 	lpr -Pps

Whoooops!

Ignore that message... I'd forgotten that I'd modified our psdit to
handle page rotation!

What's needed is to include the necessary PostScript commands in
the output of psdit in order to rotate the page.

If anyone's interested, I can send diffs to psdit.

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