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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: How do I determine a printer's imaging area?
Summary: clippath
Message-ID: <1849@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: 12 Feb 91 05:16:18 GMT
References: <1991Feb8.174934.5816@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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In article <1991Feb8.174934.5816@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, fsset@bach.lerc.nasa.gov (Scott E. Townsend) writes:
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> I have a question, somewhat similar to one which I've seen recently in this
> group.  I want to know the imaging area of whatever printer my code gets
> Any suggestions (including pointers to the correct manual) would be
> appreciated.  I'm just beginning to learn Postscript, so please be patient
> and basic with your explanations.  Thanks.

The Red Book states about the  clippath  operator
"sets the current path to one that describes the current clipping path.  This
operator is useful for determinig the exact extent of the imaging area on the
current output device...

Cheers
Woody


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