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| From | Peter Davis <Peter.Davis@mathworks.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.postscript |
| Subject | Re: Including the same EPS file multiple times in a PS |
| Date | 2012-05-15 09:58 -0400 |
| Organization | The MathWorks, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <jotndv$bbc$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com> (permalink) |
| References | <alpine.DEB.2.02.1205142054530.20582@lili-Inspiron-1525> <jorkuo$q6h$1@reader1.panix.com> <alpine.DEB.2.02.1205142153070.21271@lili-Inspiron-1525> <a1ejr6F6epU1@mid.individual.net> |
On 5/15/2012 4:52 AM, Helge Blischke wrote: > kax@kax.org wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 May 2012, Rod Dorman wrote: >>> What is your definition of "the best way"? >> >> Sorry for that; I think I have to explain further what I want to do. >> >> In fact I have a huge PS file (a big poster), and I want to make a PDF >> booklet with A5 pages. Each of these A5 page should be a detail >> (scale=100%) of the big poster. You may think to this project as an >> exploration of the big poster. Once the big PS is ready, I would like to >> make my booklet (either as a second PS file or a PDF file but anyway the >> final version should be a PDF file, most certainly processed with ps2pdf), >> with something like that: >> >> %Page: 19 >> -2000 -1345 translate >> <magic command for doing everything> >> showpage >> %Page: 20 >> -1224 -945 translate >> <magic command for doing everything> >> showpage >> >> etc. >> >> I thought it would be very easy, but I can't manage to do it. >> >> Regards, >> > > Well, as you obviously are using Ghostscript, there is a simple solution: > store your EPS image(s) in an ordinary file and call it from within your > PostScript job using the run operator, such as > (/somedirectory/filename)run > You can also define a form which displays the EPS, and execute the form with various transforms. *Some* PostScript interpreters will even attempt to cache the form so it can be reused without having to be re-interpreted. -pd
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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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