%From: [email protected] (Dan Rose)
%Subject: Solution: Changing page styles/headers on the fly in LaTeX
% Author: Hiroshi Nakashima ([email protected])
\def\ps@topfig{\def\@oddhead{}                                  %Head for odd pages  (adaptable)
       \def\@oddfoot{\null\hfil{\rm\thepage}\hfil\null}        %Foot for odd pages  (adaptable)
       \def\@evenhead{}                                        %Head for even pages (adaptable)
       \def\@evenfoot{\null\hfil{\rm\thepage}\hfil\null}}      %Foot for even pages (adaptable)

\let\latex@makecol\@makecol
\def\@makecol{\ifx\@toplist\@empty\else
       \typeout{TOPFIG-1 PAGE}
       \thispagestyle{topfig}\fi\latex@makecol}

\let\latex@opcol\@opcol
\def\@opcol{\if@fcolmade\typeout{TOPFIG-2 PAGE}\thispagestyle{topfig}\fi\latex@opcol}