[comp.text.tex] dvips: how to change the page position

boogaard@fys.ruu.nl (Martin vdBoogaard) (05/08/91)

I'd like to change the position of the printed output from dvips on the
paper, e.g. to shift it to the right by 5mm and upward by 3mm.
What is the standard way to accomplish this? Dvips has no options which
simply cause a page shift. Does a PostScript header file do the job? 
If so, does anyone have an example? I don't speak PostScript myself.


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dfr@usna.NAVY.MIL (Prof. David F. Rogers) (05/09/91)

In article <1991May8.111122.26304@fys.ruu.nl> boogaard@fys.ruu.nl (Martin vdBoogaard) writes:
!I'd like to change the position of the printed output from dvips on the
!paper, e.g. to shift it to the right by 5mm and upward by 3mm.
!What is the standard way to accomplish this?

Try \hoffset=5mm\voffset=-3mm

Dave Rogers