Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Hi there, I've developed an IDL program for data visualisation, running on different platforms. To print out the data plots, I spawn the appropriate printer command depending on the given operating system. For example: - Unix IDL>spawn, 'lpr -hPhp4m test.txt' - VMS IDL>spawn, 'PRINT/QUEUE=NET$PRINT test.txt' How can I print out files in IDL on a PC using Windows 95 (the network printer is connected as \\fiwf04\hp_laser)? Thanks in advance, Harald
Harald Jeszenszky <harald@fiwfds02.tu-graz.ac.at> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > I've developed an IDL program for data visualisation, running on > different platforms. To print out the data plots, I spawn the > appropriate printer command depending on the given operating system. > > For example: > > - Unix > > IDL>spawn, 'lpr -hPhp4m test.txt' > > - VMS > > IDL>spawn, 'PRINT/QUEUE=NET$PRINT test.txt' > > How can I print out files in IDL on a PC using Windows 95 (the > network printer is connected as \\fiwf04\hp_laser)? > > > Thanks in advance, > Harald > To keep the best quality, write graphics as postscript files and print them via ghostscript (is available also for WIN95 from Aladdin Enterprises: ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin/ghostscript You'll have the full control of the output via the DEVICE command (like size, color,....) With a bit of brain work you are able to spawn also a process which will print your file directly as Postscript file to the network printer via ghostscript but this I haven't installed because there was no need for. The menu option Edit->Print Graphics is useful only for quick looks because its resolution is limited by the resolution of the monitor Michael Werger