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Re: Plot to Postscript file [message #2825 is a reply to message #2813]

Sat, 01 October 1994 18:46

boswell
Messages: 7
Registered: October 1994

Junior Member

This question is coming by so often, I am forced to conclude that this newsgroup
needs a FAQ, if it doesn't have one already. Of course, lacking a FAQ, the IDL
manual is pretty clear on this topic, too.

To recapitulate, what you want to do is switch your IDL graphics output device
from X (or whatever else you're using) to PostScript, and regenerate your plot
over again with another SURFACE command. For example, try this.

IDL> set_plot,'ps' ;Switch IDL to PS mode, opening file IDL.PS.
IDL> device,/landscape ;Optional, but nice.
IDL> surface, array ;Also most other graphics plotting commands work too.
IDL> device,/close ;If you want to print the file right away.
IDL> spawn,'appropriate print command goes here'
IDL> set_plot,'X' ;Reset plotting device to X.

Hope this helps.

Jonathan Boswell
FDA/CDRH

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