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From: Bruce.Hoult@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: making characters printed over grey background readable
Keywords: characters greyscale halftoning
Message-ID: <1990Dec19.095207.2152@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 19 Dec 90 09:52:07 GMT
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Comment-To: henry@angel.Eng.Sun.COM

Henry McGilton writes:

>%!PS
>36 36 moveto			%  Draw a gray page.  The numbers are for
>612 36 sub 36 lineto		%  U. S. so-called `Standard' letter paper.
>612 36 sub 792 36 sub lineto	%  Different numbers required for A4.
>36 792 36 sub lineto closepath 0.90 setgray fill 0.00 setgray


Why not use...

   clippath 0.90 setgray fill 0.00 setgray

.. instead?  It will work on all printers.
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