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From: rrw@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Robert Wier)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: DRAFT?
Message-ID: <2762@naucse.cse.nau.edu>
Date: 29 Oct 90 17:45:46 GMT
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ
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 Please forgive if this has been asked 1,240 times before.
 I'm just starting to learn PS.

 I'm trying to use the DRAFT page background print.  From 
 WUARCHIVE, I fetched the following code which is supposed
 to be compatible with Macintosh applications, using the 
 PS escape font:

 % Prints a gray "DRAFT" in the center of the page
 % (c) 1989 Peter Jorgensen
 % non-commercial distribution rights granted to bearer
 % lines beginning with percent sign are comments, and can be left out.
 gsave
 .95 setgray
 220 400 moveto
 /Helvetica-Bold findfont 72 scalefont setfont
 45 rotate
 (DRAFT) show
 grestore

 Now, this seems to work reasonably well, except in MacWrite I
 (I know, I know... but it works fine for the limited amount of
 text processing I do) it prints mirror image upside down (ie,
 it is upside down and reversed).  I also fetched a section of
 PS code which is supposed to do a similar thing in MSWORD, but
 when taken into MacWrite it also prints mirror image.

 If any of you PS wizards out there can make a suggestion, I'd
 be grateful.  Or, if there is a good place to ftp from, I'd
 like to know that too...

 Please either E-Mail me or post here.

 THANKS


 - Bob Wier

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