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Re: Why postscript colors are same as screen? [message #70837 is a reply to message #70836]

Mon, 10 May 2010 06:03

JM[1]
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Registered: October 2009

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Isn't it just the !P.Color system variable (used for drawing) that
gets changed?

IDL> print, !P.Color
16777215
IDL> SET_PLOT, 'PS'
IDL> print, !P.Color
0

The rationale for this being that default background colour for a plot
window happens to be black, and the usual colour for paper happens to
be white.

-John Mardaljevic

PS. The programming gods must be smiling on me: my PS output looks
pretty much like it does in X-windows. Actually better than in X-
windows since the PDF[1] is of course vector graphics and any bitmaps
are shown at the correct (i.e. my) resolution rather than the screens.

[1] I convert the PS directly to PDF using lossless compression and
junk the PS immediately. Ah, the joys of using a PDF-savvy OS, i.e.
MAC OS X.

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		Re: Why postscript colors are same as screen? By: Mrunmayee on Mon, 10 May 2010 06:30
		Re: Why postscript colors are same as screen? By: JM[1] on Mon, 10 May 2010 06:03
		Re: Why postscript colors are same as screen? By: David Fanning on Mon, 10 May 2010 04:58

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