Re: [ILUG-GOA] Query: printing mirror image
Managed printing in 'mirror' by adding this to my latex preamble:
\special{papersize=5.5in,8.5in}
\usepackage{poligraf}
\mirror
BTW, this is a fantastic page showing what TeX can do in the world of graphics:
http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/#graphics
The TeX showcase
Derek had also shown me some great tools for preparing TeX/LaTeX/LyX
files for the printing house.
See:
[PDF]
Poligraf: from T E X to printing house
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Poligraf: from T. E. X to printing house. Janusz Marian Nowacki. ∗.
abstract. The macro package Poligraf was for the first time presented
at the Polish T ...
www.ntg.nl/eurotex/poli-en.pdf
Colour-separations, CMYK printing and what not! This solution
apparently comes from Poland.
For more on using poligraph, see
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/TeX-PS/poligraf/
Rgds, FN
On 25/11/2007, Edgar D' Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 24, 2007 9:48 AM, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could someone please guide me how to print a PDF file (generated in
Lyx) in the mirror format? I need this for printing a book. Thanks! FN
Fred,
I was checking mail at the LUG meet yesterday, and asked Arvind. The basic
idea is that you have to do mirror printing from the program itself (if it
supports that). For instance, (I think he said) CorelDraw or PageMaker had a
checkbox to do this. However, maybe Lyx doesn't have this feature. Arvind
also mentioned that he had (very long ago, in pre-Linux days) done a batch
file to modify a PostScript file to mirror-image the output while sending to
the printer. Based on that, I did some googling, and found something that
may help. If you print from Lyx to a PostScript file, you could then work on
this PS file to get mirror-imaged output:
http://www.tug.org/mail-archives/pstricks/2000/000469.html tells you, at the
bottom of the page, after the PS code:
Alternatively, if you have the normal postscript file already generated,
please load it any ascii editor, cut and paste this mirror.ps after the
comments part in your normal postscript file.
If you view this file with gv (ghostscript) this will show mirror imaged
view of the contents.
I think dvips (mentioned on that page) is for TeX to PS
conversion/generation, so probably it's not of use. However, if you ignore
that and use the manual mod quoted above this, it might work...
You could use Evince or other PostScript viewers to see if this works on
your book's PS file. If it does, you could then use the ps2pdf utility to
convert the modified PS file to PDF (the ps2pdf13 and ps2pdf14 commands on
my system were installed as part of the ghostscript-common-8.60-55 package
which is probably already on your system).
HTH
Ed,
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Re: [ILUG-GOA] Query: printing mirror image
Managed printing in 'mirror' by adding this to my latex preamble:
\special{papersize=5.5in,8.5in}
\usepackage{poligraf}
\mirror
BTW, this is a fantastic page showing what TeX can do in the world of graphics:
http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/#graphics
The TeX showcase
Derek had also shown me some great tools for preparing TeX/LaTeX/LyX
files for the printing house.
See:
[PDF]
Poligraf: from T E X to printing house
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Poligraf: from T. E. X to printing house. Janusz Marian Nowacki. ∗.
abstract. The macro package Poligraf was for the first time presented
at the Polish T ...
www.ntg.nl/eurotex/poli-en.pdf
Colour-separations, CMYK printing and what not! This solution
apparently comes from Poland.
For more on using poligraph, see
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/TeX-PS/poligraf/
Rgds, FN
On 25/11/2007, Edgar D' Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 24, 2007 9:48 AM, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could someone please guide me how to print a PDF file (generated in
Lyx) in the mirror format? I need this for printing a book. Thanks! FN
Fred,
I was checking mail at the LUG meet yesterday, and asked Arvind. The basic
idea is that you have to do mirror printing from the program itself (if it
supports that). For instance, (I think he said) CorelDraw or PageMaker had a
checkbox to do this. However, maybe Lyx doesn't have this feature. Arvind
also mentioned that he had (very long ago, in pre-Linux days) done a batch
file to modify a PostScript file to mirror-image the output while sending to
the printer. Based on that, I did some googling, and found something that
may help. If you print from Lyx to a PostScript file, you could then work on
this PS file to get mirror-imaged output:
http://www.tug.org/mail-archives/pstricks/2000/000469.html tells you, at the
bottom of the page, after the PS code:
Alternatively, if you have the normal postscript file already generated,
please load it any ascii editor, cut and paste this mirror.ps after the
comments part in your normal postscript file.
If you view this file with gv (ghostscript) this will show mirror imaged
view of the contents.
I think dvips (mentioned on that page) is for TeX to PS
conversion/generation, so probably it's not of use. However, if you ignore
that and use the manual mod quoted above this, it might work...
You could use Evince or other PostScript viewers to see if this works on
your book's PS file. If it does, you could then use the ps2pdf utility to
convert the modified PS file to PDF (the ps2pdf13 and ps2pdf14 commands on
my system were installed as part of the ghostscript-common-8.60-55 package
which is probably already on your system).
HTH
Ed,
*
ILUG-Goa's other mailing lists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce LOW-VOLUME, ANNOUNCE LIST
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux FOR NEWBIES
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxgoahelp TECH HELP LIST
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-floss-developer/ DEVELOPERS' LIST
http://feeds.goa-india.org (RSS-based news from across India)
--
Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490
12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/
Re: [ILUG-GOA] Query: printing mirror image
Managed printing in 'mirror' by adding this to my latex preamble:
\special{papersize=5.5in,8.5in}
\usepackage{poligraf}
\mirror
BTW, this is a fantastic page showing what TeX can do in the world of graphics:
http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/#graphics
The TeX showcase
Derek had also shown me some great tools for preparing TeX/LaTeX/LyX
files for the printing house.
See:
[PDF]
Poligraf: from T E X to printing house
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Poligraf: from T. E. X to printing house. Janusz Marian Nowacki. ∗.
abstract. The macro package Poligraf was for the first time presented
at the Polish T ...
www.ntg.nl/eurotex/poli-en.pdf
Colour-separations, CMYK printing and what not! This solution
apparently comes from Poland.
For more on using poligraph, see
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/TeX-PS/poligraf/
Rgds, FN
On 25/11/2007, Edgar D' Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 24, 2007 9:48 AM, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Could someone please guide me how to print a PDF file (generated in
> > Lyx) in the mirror format? I need this for printing a book. Thanks! FN
> >
>
> Fred,
> I was checking mail at the LUG meet yesterday, and asked Arvind. The basic
> idea is that you have to do mirror printing from the program itself (if it
> supports that). For instance, (I think he said) CorelDraw or PageMaker had a
> checkbox to do this. However, maybe Lyx doesn't have this feature. Arvind
> also mentioned that he had (very long ago, in pre-Linux days) done a batch
> file to modify a PostScript file to mirror-image the output while sending to
> the printer. Based on that, I did some googling, and found something that
> may help. If you print from Lyx to a PostScript file, you could then work on
> this PS file to get mirror-imaged output:
> http://www.tug.org/mail-archives/pstricks/2000/000469.html tells you, at the
> bottom of the page, after the PS code:
>
> Alternatively, if you have the normal postscript file already generated,
> please load it any ascii editor, cut and paste this mirror.ps after the
> comments part in your normal postscript file.
> If you view this file with gv (ghostscript) this will show mirror imaged
> view of the contents.
>
> I think dvips (mentioned on that page) is for TeX to PS
> conversion/generation, so probably it's not of use. However, if you ignore
> that and use the manual mod quoted above this, it might work...
> You could use Evince or other PostScript viewers to see if this works on
> your book's PS file. If it does, you could then use the ps2pdf utility to
> convert the modified PS file to PDF (the ps2pdf13 and ps2pdf14 commands on
> my system were installed as part of the ghostscript-common-8.60-55 package
> which is probably already on your system).
>
> HTH
> Ed,
> *
> ILUG-Goa's other mailing lists:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce LOW-VOLUME, ANNOUNCE LIST
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux FOR NEWBIES
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxgoahelp TECH HELP LIST
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-floss-developer/ DEVELOPERS' LIST
> http://feeds.goa-india.org (RSS-based news from across India)
--
Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490
12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/
