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Re: PostScript and IDL, [message #11802 is a reply to message #11791]

Tue, 26 May 1998 00:00

wmc
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In article 100000@tesla.drcmr.dk, root <root@tesla.drcmr.dk> writes:
> Hi, I'm having problems with PostScript generated by IDL_5.1 on a
> Linux system -- I expect the problem to be general, though.
>
> In principle, I'd like to use the Live_tools and other procedures
> (like Insight) that allows easy printing of plots already on screen.
>
> The generated PostScript is, however, rather useless since even the
> simplest plot generates very large PostScript files. The problem seems
> to be that the screen buffer is simply copied, rather than redrawing
> the plot to the printer device. A very large bitmap is therefore
> written instead of a few PostScript primitives.

According to an IDL course I went on a few weeks ago, this is a feature
of object graphics & you are stuck with it.

But if you go back to "direct" graphics you should be OK.

- William

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		Re: PostScript and IDL, By: steinhh on Wed, 27 May 1998 00:00
		Re: PostScript and IDL, By: steinhh on Wed, 27 May 1998 00:00
		Re: PostScript and IDL, By: davidf on Tue, 26 May 1998 00:00
		Re: PostScript and IDL, By: mirko_vukovic on Tue, 26 May 1998 00:00
		Re: PostScript and IDL, By: mirko_vukovic on Tue, 26 May 1998 00:00
		Re: PostScript and IDL, By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 26 May 1998 00:00
		Re: PostScript and IDL, By: wmc on Tue, 26 May 1998 00:00
		Re: PostScript and IDL, By: davidf on Tue, 26 May 1998 00:00
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