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- From: bass@cs.utk.edu (Vance Bass)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
- Subject: Re: Break down drawing larger than pagesize ?
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 16:37:41 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - CS Department
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- In article <BzIK8M.6yB@newsserver.technet.sg> swispl@solomon.technet.sg (SW International) writes:
- >Has anyone ever done a program (be it postscript or a tool creating
- >postscript), that can draw on an (infinitely large) virtual page, then
- >break it down into an acceptable size (say the printer's default),
- >print all pages with special markings on the borders on how to paste
- >it back together, and maybe print one more page showing an overview
- >of the whole mess?
-
- Although it's not precisely what you request, there is a program in the
- Adobe Tutorial/Cookbook ("Blue Book") which takes a PostScript space and
- prints it on multiple smaller sheets, suitable for pasting together.
-
- Sounds like you want something generically applicable, and this refers to
- a specific page size, but it's not far off, and if you read the book you'll
- know how to modify it :-)
-
- Vance
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