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Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS

From Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.postscript
Subject Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS
Followup-To comp.lang.postscript
Date 2012-05-14 21:31 +0200
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References <alpine.DEB.2.02.1205142054530.20582@lili-Inspiron-1525> <jorkuo$q6h$1@reader1.panix.com>

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Rod Dorman wrote:

> In article <alpine.DEB.2.02.1205142054530.20582@lili-Inspiron-1525>,
>  <kax@kax.org> wrote:
>>I have an external big EPS file and I would like to use it many times
>>(with different clipping / rotation / etc.). What is the best way to
>>do that? Regards.
> 
> What is your definition of "the best way"?
> 
> The simplest is just insert it many times into the PostScript program.
> 

Provided your printer speaks PostScript level 3, your can wrap the EPS file 
into a procedure using the ReusableStreamDecode and SubFileDecode filters.
But be cautious about using of the currentfile operator within the EPS file.

Helge

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Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS kax@kax.org - 2012-05-14 20:56 +0200
  Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS rodd@panix.com (Rod Dorman) - 2012-05-14 19:03 +0000
    Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2012-05-14 21:31 +0200
    Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS kax@kax.org - 2012-05-14 21:59 +0200
      Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2012-05-15 09:52 +0100
      Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2012-05-15 10:52 +0200
        Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS Peter Davis <Peter.Davis@mathworks.com> - 2012-05-15 09:58 -0400
        Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS kax@kax.org - 2012-05-15 16:15 +0200
          Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2012-05-15 15:44 +0100
            Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS kax@kax.org - 2012-05-15 21:24 +0200

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