Hi all. I'm having a bit of a problem in creating a ps. Each time I try to create a postscript the tops or sides of my canvas get trimmed while using the code below: 
    my @dim = $canvas->bbox("all");
    my $width = ($dim[2]-$dim[0]);
    my $height = ($dim[3]-$dim[1]); 
    
    my $ps = $canvas->
    postscript(  '-pagewidth'  => "8 i",
              '-pageanchor' => "center",
             '-width' => $width,
             '-height' =>$height
                      );

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I'm guessing I either have to define a -pagex, -pagey and then anchor on "center" or set the -x and -y. The problem is how do I determine what these values are? I've used $canvas->bbox("all") to capture the dimensions of my canvas. This allowed me to set my width and height but I could not set -x,-y or the -pagex,-pagey as the dimension values are are off by some factor. below is a snip of what I have tried but it jsut makes things worse: 
    my @dim = $canvas->bbox("all");
    my $width = ($dim[2]-$dim[0]);
    my $height = ($dim[3]-$dim[1]); 
    my $pagex = ($dim[0]+$dim[2])/2;
    my $pagey = ($dim[1]+$dim[3])/2;
    
    my $ps = $canvas->
    postscript(  '-pagewidth'  => "8 i",
              '-pageanchor' => "center",
              '-pagex' => $pagex,
              '-pagey' => $pagey,
#              '-x' => $dim[0],
#              '-y' => $dim[1],
             '-width' => $width,
             '-height' =>$height
                      );

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Does anyone know how tho convert the dim values so that I can use them in the -x,-y or -pagex,-pagey? Thanks in advance.

In reply to Dumping Tk canvas to postscript by TooNewbie

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