[Gs-devel] PDF per page / page source selection

[Michael Sweet]

Dax Kelson wrote:
> ...
> Is it possible to embed within the PS or PDF, on a per page basis,
> which *input* bin that the paper should be drawn from?

For PS output, yes; the normal attribute is the MediaPosition
page device attribute, e.g.:

    << /MediaPosition nnn >> setpagedevice

Normally you surround this by the appropriate DSC comments to get
the right command substitution on high-end equipment.

That said, this isn't terribly standard, and unfortunately I don't
think any of the Ghostscript printer drivers support it (this has
everything to do with the way a Ghostscript driver has to register
its InputAttributes dictionary, which makes supporting it harder
than necessary...)

For PDF output, the Job Ticket stuff (see the Adobe developer
site for the technote) is probably what you need, but I don't
think Ghostscript supports the attributes yet (shouldn't be too
hard to add...)

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