Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!aplcen!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!level.dec.com!batcheldern From: batcheldern@level.dec.com (Ned Batchelder) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Printing Postscript on multiple sheets Keywords: postscript Message-ID: <4077@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 15 Aug 89 19:09:04 GMT References: <349@vlsi.ll.mit.edu> Sender: news@shlump.nac.dec.com Distribution: na Organization: DEC Lines: 15 In general, there is no simple thingy that you can put at the top of any PostScript file to get it to print on multiple pages. The main problem is that you have to actually execute the file in its entirety for each sheet that you need. The reason is that PostScript only works on a single bitmap at once, and each operator puts its mark in only the current bitmap. There is an example in the Blue Book that does this sort of thing (the SALE sign), but it requires that the entire image be a single procedure. If you can arrange to put your whole drawing into a single executable PostScript object, then you can use the Blue Book example. If you can't, then you have to execute the file many times. Ned Batchelder, Digital Equipment Corp., BatchelderN@Hannah.DEC.com