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Re: problems plotting to .ps file [message #45990] Fri, 21 October 2005 07:09
R.Bauer is currently offline  R.Bauer
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rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thanks those that helped with the question on plotting and colors...i
> have another question on plotting which i would be grateful for help
> with...
>
> i have plotted a graph, with a number of variables in different colors
> on the screen, with some xyouts to say which line is which. this looks
> fine on the screen, but when i plot to a ps file by doing
>
> SET_PLOT, 'PS'
> DEVICE, FILENAME='myfile.ps', /LANDSCAPE
> plot etc
> device,/close
>
> only the black line seems to come out and the xyouts are all printed on
> top of each other...
>
> any ideas
>
> thanks
>
> russ
>

I don't see any xyouts

but if it is in the order at last then it is on top.

cheers
Reimar
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Re: problems plotting to .ps file [message #45991 is a reply to message #45990] Fri, 21 October 2005 06:51 Go to previous message
Benjamin Hornberger is currently offline  Benjamin Hornberger
Messages: 258
Registered: March 2004
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rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thanks those that helped with the question on plotting and colors...i
> have another question on plotting which i would be grateful for help
> with...
>
> i have plotted a graph, with a number of variables in different colors
> on the screen, with some xyouts to say which line is which. this looks
> fine on the screen, but when i plot to a ps file by doing
>
> SET_PLOT, 'PS'
> DEVICE, FILENAME='myfile.ps', /LANDSCAPE
> plot etc
> device,/close
>
> only the black line seems to come out and the xyouts are all printed on
> top of each other...
>
> any ideas
>
> thanks
>
> russ
>

There's not much detail in your post, but take a look at the
bits_per_pixel keyword (for DEVICE) and make sure you use the right
coordinates (data or normalized, but not device coordinates).

Benjamin
Re: problems plotting to .ps file [message #45992 is a reply to message #45991] Fri, 21 October 2005 06:42 Go to previous message
rlayberry is currently offline  rlayberry
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and also when i print to the screen using

DEVICE, SET_FONT='Times', /TT_FONT

xyouts..etc

it looks pretty blocky - an idea how to render the text to the screen
better?

thanks

russ
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