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Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? [message #31291 is a reply to message #31289]

Mon, 24 June 2002 09:24

Ken Mankoff
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Registered: February 2000

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On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, David Fanning wrote:
> Steve Smith<steven_smith> (nobody@nowhere.com) writes:
>
>> Once I write a color image to the ps device (using set_plot,
>> 'PS'), I cannot get the idl session to re-set to b/w, is there
>> such a command? Right now I'm starting a second idl session and
>> doing all the greyscale work there. Basically, I'd like to send an
>> option like /nocolor to the ps device so it will stop making color
>> postscript. Is there any such command? I'm using idl 5.2 :(
>
> I'd try this:
>
> DEVICE, Color=0
>

Hi David,

What is the difference between:

DEVICE, color=0
and
DEVICE, /color, bits_per_pixel=1

Which is more appropriate? Is the only difference for those people who
argue about black being a color vs. the lack of all colors?

-k.

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		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: David Fanning on Wed, 26 June 2002 10:00
		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: Liam E. Gumley on Wed, 26 June 2002 09:02
		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: David Fanning on Wed, 26 June 2002 08:10
		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: David Fanning on Wed, 26 June 2002 08:06
		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: nobody@nowhere.com (S on Mon, 24 June 2002 10:19
		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: Ken Mankoff on Mon, 24 June 2002 09:24
		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: nobody@nowhere.com (S on Mon, 24 June 2002 09:16
		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: David Fanning on Sun, 23 June 2002 22:37
		Re: switching PS device from color to b/w? By: condor on Tue, 09 July 2002 17:03

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