msf@rotary.Sun.COM (Michael Fischbein) (02/07/90)
It there a portable (between different vendor's PostScript printers) way to determine what the printer regards as the top of the image area? I have a version using pagetype that works on the several printers of direct concern, but I'd rather try to get something off of initclip. Is there a way to determine the bounding box of the default clipping path? Is there a way (without hard coding page dimensions in the program) to get the equivalent information? Thanks much, mike Michael Fischbein, Technical Consultant, Sun Professional Services Sun Albany, NY 518-783-9613 sunbow!msf or mfischbein@east.sun.com These are my opinions and not necessarily those of any other person or organization. Save the skeet!
woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) (02/08/90)
In article <1522@east.East.Sun.COM>, msf@rotary.Sun.COM (Michael Fischbein) writes: > It there a portable (between different vendor's PostScript printers) way > to determine what the printer regards as the top of the image area? > Measure it? There is a possiblity that you can find the info in the statusdict or serverdict, but may not be portable. You could perhaps check the frame parameters, and /or examine the papersize selection code in the built in dictionaries. Cheers woody
geof@aurora.com (Geoffrey H. Cooper) (02/08/90)
In article <1522@east.East.Sun.COM> msf@rotary.east.Sun.COM (Michael Fischbein) writes: >It there a portable (between different vendor's PostScript printers) way >to determine what the printer regards as the top of the image area? gsave initclip clippath pathbbox grestore - Geof -- geof@aurora.com / aurora!geof@decwrl.dec.com / geof%aurora.com@decwrl.dec.com
msf@rotary.Sun.COM (Michael Fischbein) (02/08/90)
>In article <1522@east.East.Sun.COM> msf@rotary.east.Sun.COM (Michael Fischbein) writes: >It there a portable (between different vendor's PostScript printers) way >to determine what the printer regards as the top of the image area? Enough, people! Thanks to everyone who replied; for some reason I hadn't been able to find the pathbbox command. Given it, everything was easy. Thanks again, mike Michael Fischbein, Technical Consultant, Sun Professional Services Sun Albany, NY 518-783-9613 sunbow!msf or mfischbein@east.sun.com These are my opinions and not necessarily those of any other person or organization. Save the skeet!
batcheldern@hannah.enet.dec.com (Ned Batchelder) (02/10/90)
I don't know why you are looking for the information, but be careful with it. Scaling or positioning based on the default clipping region will screw up stuff like EPSF inclusion, because you can't pick four numbers that represent the bounding box of the marks. If your output might in any way become something that will get included into another document, think about another way to do what you want. Ned Batchelder, Digital Equipment Corp., BatchelderN@Hannah.enet.DEC.com