There may be times when you need to print your document as a "negative." This means that everything is printed the opposite of what it was when created: black is printed as white, and white areas are printed as black. This is particularly helpful if you are doing camera work with your output. Other times you may need to print a mirror image of your output, which is helpful if you are creating output for phototransfer processes or for silk screening.
There are a couple of ways you can create negative output, and all of them have to do with your printer driver. Finding the right combination of commands to do the trick may take a little digging, and it may vary depending on the type of printer you have. We use an HP LaserJet 4MV, and we use the PostScript driver for the printer. These steps work for us:
Once these settings are changed, they remain changed until you explicitly change them back.
In reality, the steps you follow don't really matter that much. What matters is the capabilities of your printer. You need to display the Properties dialog box for your printer driver (steps 1 through 3, above) and then find the controls in the dialog box that control the negative and mirror imaging. If you can't find any such controls, then chances are good that your printer won't handle doing reversed images and you may need to use a different printer.
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2017-03-04 17:42:06
Les
The simplest way to manipulate images (colour changes, mirroring) is surely to use the excellent free software IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com/)
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