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God's Gift to Humankind, Was: 24-bit color Postscript [message #12730] Mon, 07 September 1998 00:00 Go to next message
davidf is currently offline  davidf
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Mark Hadfield (m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz) writes:

> What was the beer?

Uh, Fat Tire, I think. One of the local microbrew's that
make Fort Collins the microbrew capital of Colorado. :-)

Fact is, since this is a holiday in the US and my youngest
just won another soccer tournament and John Elway (a famous
US footy star) is starting his final tour of the gridirons
tonight, I just may tosh down a couplla more!

Cheesrs,

David

P.S. DId I mention I *love* IDL. Jus wanted to be on task! :-)
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Re: God's Gift to Humankind, Was: 24-bit color Postscript [message #12780 is a reply to message #12730] Thu, 10 September 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
mgs is currently offline  mgs
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In article <6t6otk$9pa$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, seanr@possys.com wrote:

> In article <mgs-0809981041290001@lats2-104.znet.net>,
> mgs@ivsoftware.com (Mike Schienle) wrote:
>
>> Trust me, David knows his microbrews :-) I, on the other hand have fallen
>> out of practice and could use some refresher courses. Along these lines,
>> and past off-topic comments by David, myself and a couplla ushers, are
>> there any good microbrews in the Glacier (or Yellowstone) National Park
>> areas of Montana? This could turn out to be a very on-topic discussion if
>> there are any.
>
> Well, as the one who was from the Glacier National Park area in question, I
> cannot tell you if there are any good microbrews here, as I do not drink ;)
>
> Ya'll just have to come up here sometime and find out for yourselves :).

I'll be heading through in the Spring looking for a good remote site to
set up an office with an attached house, as well as to scout out locations
for a meeting.

> Just to stay sortof on topic, are there any easy ways to print to a high
> resolution plotter with a custom format? I'm not sure if they use Postscript
> or not, but I will have the need down the line here for my application to
> print high resolution images that could easily be 2 gigs or larger. Any
> examples for this type of printing in IDL?

I used a Dye-Sub printer a few years ago that required SRF (Sun Raster
File) formatted files to be sent. I just decided how big I wanted the
picture in inches, opened up a Z buffer to those dimensions, created the
image/plot, then wrote it out with write_srf and spooled it to the
printer. If you want an example I can dig back through some files to
around 1992.

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Re: God's Gift to Humankind, Was: 24-bit color Postscript [message #12795 is a reply to message #12730] Wed, 09 September 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
davidf is currently offline  davidf
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Sean (seanr@possys.com) writes:

> Well, as the one who was from the Glacier National Park area in question, I
> cannot tell you if there are any good microbrews here, as I do not drink ;)

All I can say is, you must not write too many IDL programs. :-(

Cheers,

David

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Re: God's Gift to Humankind, Was: 24-bit color Postscript [message #12796 is a reply to message #12730] Wed, 09 September 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
davidf is currently offline  davidf
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Sean (seanr@possys.com) writes:

> Just to stay sortof on topic, are there any easy ways to print to a high
> resolution plotter with a custom format? I'm not sure if they use Postscript
> or not, but I will have the need down the line here for my application to
> print high resolution images that could easily be 2 gigs or larger. Any
> examples for this type of printing in IDL?

A simple line plot in object graphics is about 2 Gigs.
I think IDL can handle it. :^)

Cheers,

David

P.S. For those of you not entirely up on netiquette this
little guy, :^), is a tongue in cheek. :-)

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Fanning Software Consulting
E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Phone: 970-221-0438, Toll-Free Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Re: God's Gift to Humankind, Was: 24-bit color Postscript [message #12801 is a reply to message #12730] Wed, 09 September 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
seanr is currently offline  seanr
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In article <mgs-0809981041290001@lats2-104.znet.net>,
mgs@ivsoftware.com (Mike Schienle) wrote:

> Trust me, David knows his microbrews :-) I, on the other hand have fallen
> out of practice and could use some refresher courses. Along these lines,
> and past off-topic comments by David, myself and a couplla ushers, are
> there any good microbrews in the Glacier (or Yellowstone) National Park
> areas of Montana? This could turn out to be a very on-topic discussion if
> there are any.

Well, as the one who was from the Glacier National Park area in question, I
cannot tell you if there are any good microbrews here, as I do not drink ;)

Ya'll just have to come up here sometime and find out for yourselves :).

Just to stay sortof on topic, are there any easy ways to print to a high
resolution plotter with a custom format? I'm not sure if they use Postscript
or not, but I will have the need down the line here for my application to
print high resolution images that could easily be 2 gigs or larger. Any
examples for this type of printing in IDL?

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Re: God's Gift to Humankind, Was: 24-bit color Postscript [message #12820 is a reply to message #12730] Tue, 08 September 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
mgs is currently offline  mgs
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In article <MPG.105e206da85b9c0f98969e@news.frii.com>, davidf@dfanning.com
(David Fanning) wrote:

> Mark Hadfield (m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz) writes:
>
>> What was the beer?
>
> Uh, Fat Tire, I think. One of the local microbrew's that
> make Fort Collins the microbrew capital of Colorado. :-)

Trust me, David knows his microbrews :-) I, on the other hand have fallen
out of practice and could use some refresher courses. Along these lines,
and past off-topic comments by David, myself and a couplla ushers, are
there any good microbrews in the Glacier (or Yellowstone) National Park
areas of Montana? This could turn out to be a very on-topic discussion if
there are any.

> Fact is, since this is a holiday in the US and my youngest
> just won another soccer tournament and John Elway (a famous
> US footy star) is starting his final tour of the gridirons
> tonight, I just may tosh down a couplla more!
>
> Cheesrs,
>
> David
>
> P.S. DId I mention I *love* IDL. Jus wanted to be on task! :-)

Anything to please the newsgroup nazi's.

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Re: God's Gift to Humankind, Was: 24-bit color Postscript [message #12821 is a reply to message #12730] Tue, 08 September 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
davidf is currently offline  davidf
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Kenneth P. Bowman (bowman@null.edu) writes:

> Fat Tire's OK, but its not God's Gift to Humankind.

Uh, no, you're right. It just *seemed* like it at the time. :-)

Cheers,

David

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Fanning Software Consulting
E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Phone: 970-221-0438, Toll-Free Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Re: God's Gift to Humankind, Was: 24-bit color Postscript [message #12825 is a reply to message #12730] Tue, 08 September 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
bowman is currently offline  bowman
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In article <MPG.105e206da85b9c0f98969e@news.frii.com>, davidf@dfanning.com
(David Fanning) wrote:

> Uh, Fat Tire, I think. One of the local microbrew's that
> make Fort Collins the microbrew capital of Colorado. :-)

Fat Tire's OK, but its not God's Gift to Humankind.

Oh wait, you weren't talking about yourself, were you? :-)

Ken

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