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Re: Object graphics and real postscript [message #19625 is a reply to message #19437] Tue, 28 March 2000 00:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Nicolas Decoster is currently offline  Nicolas Decoster
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David Fanning a �crit :
>
> The way I do it (on Windows NT) is like this:
>
> printer = Obj_New('IDLgrPrinter')
> ok = Dialog_PrinterSetup(printer)
>
> I get a dialog for my Lexmark PostScript printer. One of
> the options on the dialog is "Send Output to File". With
> that checked, it pulls up another dialog that asks me
> what the name of the file should be, and I simply write
> to the Printer device. I get a nice PostScript file.

In fact, it is the only way to do this that I found (for now) in IDL
books.

> It is *not*, however, encapsulated PostScript.

It is not a problem since there is a way to convert ps to eps on UNIX,
with the programm ps2eps.

Thanks.

Nicolas.

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