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From: nab1@rosemary.cs.reading.ac.uk (The Phoenix)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: DRAFT?
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Date: 30 Oct 90 12:21:31 GMT
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rrw@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Robert Wier) writes:

> 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

>  ... it prints mirror image upside down (ie,
> it is upside down and reversed)....

> - Bob Wier

Well, try bunging an "initmatrix" call in after the gsave.
Ie.	gsave
	initmatrix
	220 400 moveto    .. etc.
Alternatively (DRASTIC!), try "initgraphics" ...
 - Phoenix

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