Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!uunet!visix!amanda From: amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: How can I offset output from dvips Message-ID: Date: 28 Nov 90 15:24:57 GMT References: <1990Nov24.055535.9979@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <1990Nov24.212552.20869@ioe.lon.ac.uk> <1990Nov27.003356.9886@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA Lines: 23 In article <1990Nov27.003356.9886@Neon.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes: >How does the Linotronic know the size to advance? It just uses the current page size. There are standard letter/a4/etc. operators, as well as an operator called `setpageparams' which lets you set any page size that the controller itself can handle. I have used this to set 11.5 x 17.5" pages to allow for two-up pages with cut and fold marks, for example. If the pages are small enough, it's also possible to print two-up across the roll, which can also lower the amount of film or bromide used, especially on an L500 (which has a 15" carriage instead of the L300's 12" one). I'd advise trying to get a copy of the Lino "PostScript Supplement," which explains all of this stuff in detail. If you can't find one, though, I can post a short description of `setpageparams' operator. -- Amanda Walker amanda@visix.com Visix Software Inc. ...!uunet!visix!amanda -- X Windows: Warn you friends about it.