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From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Meaning of pagecount with continuous paper?
Message-ID: <179@heaven.woodside.ca.us>
Date: 3 Jun 90 03:45:17 GMT
References: <13346@uqvax.decnet.uq.oz>
Reply-To: glenn@heaven.UUCP (Glenn Reid)
Organization: Skyline Press, Woodside CA
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In article <13346@uqvax.decnet.uq.oz> CCMARIE@uqvax.decnet.uq.oz (Marie Bultreys) writes:
>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?)

On most typesetters with variable-sized film, there is a special operator
called "setpageparams" that is available in "statusdict" that will let you
set the page dimensions to whatever you like.  You should get a hold of
the printer manual from the manufacturer (the one that has PostScript
details); that should tell you how to use it, although it can be a bit
confusing.

>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?

It counts the number of times "showpage" was called.  I doubt you can
modify it, since the page count is supposed to be inviolable....

Glenn Reid