Create a negative image in Appleworks

I need to turn AppleWorks Drawing documents into negatives. For example, I might have 6 scanned images on one A4 page. These are usually lineart eps images. I need to convert these so the images are white and the backround page is black. I can do this in Photoshop by pressing [Apple + I]. I have tried to save the AppleWorks file as a jpg (and other formats) in AppleWorks and then open them in PhotoShop to invert, but they open up in PhotoShop all jagged.
It is not practicable to convert the images in Photoshop to white images and past them on to a black background because:
1. The images cannot be stacked closely together (eps is essentialy so you can have transparent backround, making the images closer together. A transparent white image is no good on top of a black backgorund)
2. It is harder to adjust the size of the images on a black background because I can't see the grid, which is always black).
Any ideas? This is an important part of process of making letterpress negatives.
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There is no setting for inverting colours with my HP LaserJet 5MP. I have checked the settings when the print window comes up.
I have used AppleWorks very successfully for my purpose for around 12 years. I used it to set up a page to lay out rubber stamps for manufacture. Until recently I was printing the images as positives and using photographic film to make a negative, which is used for making rubber stamps. I now can save a lot of time by printing directly onto a new film, which acts as the negative, saving time messing around with chemicals etc. However, to do this I must print the image inverted.
The advantages of AppleWorks are
1. It is very simple and quick to start up.
2. I use eps images in lineart (transparent whites), so I can move different images close to each other, whithout a white corner of an image overlapping [imagine 2 black circles can be placed almost touching each other - if you used a jpg then there would be a large white corner interfering with the image underneath].
3. I keep the grid set in inch sizes. This way I can easily resize images on the page individually to the grid, without having to keep track of the original scanned images - these can be deleted right away.
4. It is very easy to move images around to optimize the number that can be packed on a sheet.
The problem with PhotoShop is
1. There is no grid, so images have to be sized before pasting into a document.
2. You will end up with multiple layers, which would be really confusing if I hada lot of designs on one page (I can have up to 100 small designs on one page).
3. I can copy and paste documents in AppleWorks from one document to another. If I copy an AppleWorks document into PhotoShop it goes really jagged (useless)
4. The transparent background does not seem to work on pasting into a document.
In an ideal world I would have
a) a plugin for AppleWorks to invert the image or
b) a print option on the printer to invert the image [How do you find out about this before you buy the printer].
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