Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!rodney From: rodney@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: mirror image Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 15:38:28 GMT References: <14828@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: ipl.rpi.edu In article <14828@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com> hbg6@citek.mcdphx.mot.com writes: >Please excuse me if this is a FAQ but I'm a real novice at postscript. > >Is there some way to make the image on the page come out backwards, like >a mirror image? I want to print on the 'wrong' side of the transperancy >film. > >I would think there is something I could insert right before the showpage >that would transform the image, or would you reverse the whole coordinate >system for the page? before you start drawing, do this: 8.5 72 mul 0 translate -1 1 scale you should be able to edit your ps file and stick it in after the header comments. The effect is to multiply all the X coords by negative 1, and leave the y coords alone, and the translate moves the origin over to the other side of the page. If you use some strange page size, you should use it's width in points instead of 8.5 72 mul. I just tested this out on the output from dvips, and it works fine. -- Rodney