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June 18, 2008
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PostScript Form question, eps printing

  • June 18, 2008
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I followed a recipe that lets me put an eps file inline in a PostScript file, and cause the eps file to print by invoking a form.
My problem is that now I want to print the same eps file in several places on one page, and I can't.
It acts like execform only works one time per page.
Can that be true?
I tested by doing a second translate and execform--I only get the first instance on the page!
Is there a way to reuse a form/eps several times per page?
Seems like showpage must do something to reset/reenable execform?

/imageBechtel {
gsave
-329 50 translate
IDForm execform
200 300 translate
IDForm execform
grestore
} bind def
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Participant
June 19, 2008
Problem solved, the form does indeed work multiple times on a page.
I had dropped some random code in a crazy place that created one image over and over near the origin, while the real images were actually off the page due to a sign error, and thus invisible.
Sigh.