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IDL 5.6 PostScript B&W output is *gray* [message #34471] Fri, 21 March 2003 08:24
gfireman is currently offline  gfireman
Messages: 1
Registered: March 2003
Junior Member
Hi, Everyone -

We recently upgraded from IDL 5.4 to 5.6. Now formerly black
PostScript plots are coming out looking distinctly GRAY, both in
hardcopy and in GhostView. I've been doing PS plots for years, but
now I'm at wit's end! Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Gwyn

IDL> print,!version
{ x86 linux unix linux 5.6 Oct 26 2002 32 64}
IDL> set_plot,'ps'
IDL> loadct,0
% LOADCT: Loading table B-W LINEAR
IDL> print, !p.color, !p.background
0 255
IDL> plot, indgen(10)
IDL> device, /close
IDL> help, /device
Available Graphics Devices: CGM HP LJ NULL PCL PRINTER PS REGIS TEK X
Z
Current graphics device: PS
File: <none>
Mode: Portrait, Non-Encapsulated, EPSI Preview Disabled, Color
Disabled
Offset (X,Y): (1.905,12.7) cm., (0.75,5) in.
Size (X,Y): (17.78,12.7) cm., (7,5) in.
Scale Factor: 1
Preview Size (X,Y): (4.51556,4.51556) cm., (1.77778,1.77778) in.
Preview Depth: 8 bits per pixel
Font Size: 12
Font Encoding: AdobeStandard
Font: Helvetica TrueType Font: <default>
# bits per image pixel: 4
Font Mapping:
(!3) Helvetica (!4) Helvetica-Bold
(!5) Helvetica-Narrow (!6)
Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique
(!7) Times-Roman (!8) Times-BoldItalic
(!9) Symbol (!10) ZapfDingbats
(!11) Courier (!12) Courier-Oblique
(!13) Palatino-Roman (!14) Palatino-Italic
(!15) Palatino-Bold (!16) Palatino-BoldItalic
(!17) AvantGarde-Book (!18) NewCenturySchlbk-Roman
(!19) NewCenturySchlbk-Bold (!20) <Undefined-User-Font>
IDL> help,/str,!d
** Structure !DEVICE, 17 tags, length=84, data length=84:
NAME STRING 'PS'
X_SIZE LONG 17780
Y_SIZE LONG 12700
X_VSIZE LONG 17780
Y_VSIZE LONG 12700
X_CH_SIZE LONG 222
Y_CH_SIZE LONG 352
X_PX_CM FLOAT 1000.00
Y_PX_CM FLOAT 1000.00
N_COLORS LONG 256
TABLE_SIZE LONG 256
FILL_DIST LONG 1
WINDOW LONG -1
UNIT LONG 0
FLAGS LONG 266807
ORIGIN LONG Array[2]
ZOOM LONG Array[2]
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