mjwargo@athena.mit.edu (Michael J Wargo) (09/28/90)
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for a way
to get "DRAFT" printed across the page along with the
original text. Can you tell there's a *but* coming?
Well, I chose to use the following script. I'm including
the complete source since I only *think* I know where the
problem occurs (way near the end!). Also, it may be just
what other people are looking for :-). If you do a couple
of "next page"s now, I'll show you what I think the problem
is.
BTW, Thanks to Tom for sending the original, and all the
other folks for their ideas. I chose this particular
solution since it will accept input from a pipe and,
as a result, I could hack a printcap entry to include it.
************** BEGIN SCRIPT (with mail header) ****************
Subject: Re: adding DRAFT to output
To: mjwargo@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 90 14:26:45 EDT
From: bloom-beacon!think!rutgers!dvnspc1.dev.unisys.com!tom (Tom Albrecht)
Organization: Unisys Corporation, Devon, PA
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL0]
Message-Id: <9009251426.AA06496@dvnspc1.DEV.UNISYS.COM>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
In-Reply-To: <1990Sep24.213512.23889@athena.mit.edu>
Organization: Unisys Corporation, Devon Engineering Offices
Cc:
Here is a solution that I acquired and hacked a bit.
#! /bin/sh
#
# Put the word "DRAFT" (or a specified word) on each page of a postscript
# document.
#
# Usage:
# cat ps.file ... | draft.ps [type] [text] | lp -dps
#
# where type: -0 = solid outline block letters (default)
# -1 = gray solid block letters
# -2 = dashed outline block letters
#
# Author: Spencer W. Thomas
# Computer Science Dept.
# University of Utah
# (Now spencer@crim.eecs.umich.edu)
# modified by cplai for printcap use, added cover page
# modified by Tom Albrecht (tom@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM) for gray
# and dashed outline lettering
#
# Insert header after first line that does not begin %% or %!
#
trap "rm -f /tmp/psd$$.*" 0 1 2 15
# edit string for different printer names
printerstr=psd
filterstr=`basename $0`
draftstring=DRAFT
drafttype=DRAFT
while [ "x$1" != "x" ] ;
do
if [ "x$1" = "x-0" ] ; then
drafttype=DRAFT
elif [ "x$1" = "x-1" ] ; then
drafttype=DRAFTGRAY
elif [ "x$1" = "x-2" ] ; then
drafttype=DRAFTGRAYOL
else
draftstring=$*
break
fi
shift
done
loginstr=UNKNOWN
hoststr=UNKNOWN
# Create sed script file
sed -e "s/(DRAFT)/($draftstring)/" \
-e "s/DRAFTTYPE/$drafttype/" <<'EOF' >/tmp/psd$$.sed
1,/^[^%]/{
s/^%/%/
s/^$//
t skip
i\
% Prelude to show a draft string on every page.\
(DRAFT)\
/DRAFTDICT 12 dict def\
DRAFTDICT begin\
/DRAFTSTRING exch def\
/bd /Helvetica-Bold findfont def\
/od bd maxlength 1 add dict def\
bd {exch dup /FID ne {exch od 3 1 roll put} {pop pop} ifelse} forall\
od /FontName /Outline0 put od /PaintType 2 put od /StrokeWidth 0 put\
/Outline0 od definefont pop\
/DRAFT { gsave\
initmatrix\
/Outline0 findfont setfont\
DRAFTSTRING dup stringwidth pop 8.875 exch div dup 72 mul dup scale\
52.3 rotate 2.5 exch div -.35 translate\
0 0 moveto show\
grestore } def\
/DRAFTGRAY { gsave\
initmatrix\
/Helvetica-Bold findfont setfont\
0.98 setgray\
DRAFTSTRING dup stringwidth pop 8.875 exch div dup 72 mul dup scale\
52.3 rotate 2.5 exch div -.35 translate\
0 0 moveto show\
grestore } def\
/DRAFTGRAYOL { gsave\
initmatrix\
/Outline0 findfont setfont\
0.5 setgray\
DRAFTSTRING dup stringwidth pop 8.875 exch div dup 72 mul dup scale\
52.3 rotate 2.5 exch div -.35 translate\
0 0 moveto show\
grestore } def\
/oldshow /showpage load def\
/oldcopy /copypage load def\
end\
/showpage { DRAFTDICT begin oldshow DRAFTTYPE end } def\ <-- PROBLEM???
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
/copypage { DRAFTDICT begin oldcopy DRAFTTYPE end } def\ <-- PROBLEM???
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
DRAFTDICT begin DRAFTTYPE end\
% End of draft prelude
: skip
}
EOF
sed -f /tmp/psd$$.sed
**************** END SCRIPT ******************************
The problem appears to be in the ordering of the "oldshow"
and "DRAFTTYPE" (and likewise, oldcopy and DRAFTTYPE) in
the above lines. In the order given above, after running
the script on a postscript file and printing the result,
only the original text prints. However, if the reverse order
(e.g. DRAFTTYPE oldshow) is used, magically the word
"DRAFT" appears. So, what's the problem, you say? Well,
when the -1 (DRAFTGRAY) option is used to set "DRAFT" in gray, the
underlying text is obscured. So, finally :-)... Is there
a way to use this script to have the gray "DRAFT" appear
behind the original text so that the text is readable?
HW/SW setup: Sun 4/280
SunOS 4.0.1
Interleaf 4.0.74 (ps code produced by pl2ps)
Apple LaserWriter II NT
Transcript
Sorry this post was so long, but I thought the full source
of the script might be important. Thanks for all your help;
this group is great!
Please respond by e-mail and I'll summarize. (Assuredly,
much shorter than the above!)
Mike Wargo
preferred ---> michael@agricola.mit.edu
mjwargo@athena.mit.edu