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From: CCMARIE@uqvax.decnet.uq.oz (Marie Bultreys)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Meaning of pagecount with continuous paper?
Message-ID: <13346@uqvax.decnet.uq.oz>
Date: 1 Jun 90 09:11:53 GMT
Organization: P.C.C.,Uni of Qld, Bris, Australia
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Help!  I am trying to implement a spooler for an APS PostScript Page Image
Processor connected to an APS-6/70s Laser Imager.  The spooler (running on
a VAX 8550 with VMS) will append a small strip of text to each job to identify
the owner and list the amount of paper used (needed for charging purposes).

My problem is twofold:  I want to know how much bromide (in millimetres or
inches) has been consumed by each job, and I want to print my banner strip
on a separate page, but taking up as little paper as possible (i.e. defined
with a short X-axis?)

	Is this possible?

As far as I am aware, PostScript interpreters maintain a pagecount for you,
but what exactly is a page when you have continuous bromide paper?
Also, how do I redefine page size so that my banner segment doesn't use up
a full A4 page say?

This is my first encounter with PostScript and so I would appreciate any
thoughts, suggestions, etc from you old-hands out there.
Thanks,
		Marie


Marie Bultreys 
Prentice Computer Centre
The University of Queensland
Qld 4072	Australia
E-mail: ccmarie@uqvax.decnet.uq.oz.au