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Re: 24-bit color on printer device [message #32292 is a reply to message #32290]

Thu, 26 September 2002 12:54

Liam E. Gumley
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Registered: January 2000

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Kenneth Bowman wrote:
>
> In article <3D931860.DB844F92@ssec.wisc.edu>,
> "Liam E. Gumley" <Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>> I get the same result in IDL 5.5 for IRIX when I use the default PRINTER
>> output device (Generic EPS). However if I select printer-specific output
>> using
>>
>> result = dialog_printersetup()
>>
>> and select the 'HP Color LaserJet PS on FILE:', then I get 24-bit color
>> output as expected. IDL remembers this setting via the
>> $HOME/.XprinterDefaults file, so the next time I start IDL, this printer
>> is the default when the PRINTER device is selected.
>
> Bless you, Liam. Time for a footnote on p. 390 for those of us too dense to
> realize that we need to use a color printer. ;-)

Ken,

As long as you made my book a required text for the course you are
teaching, then I have all the thanks I need.

Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/
PS: I need all the blessings I can get.

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		Re: 24-bit color on printer device By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 September 2002 19:35
		Re: 24-bit color on printer device By: K. Bowman on Thu, 26 September 2002 13:46
		Re: 24-bit color on printer device By: K. Bowman on Thu, 26 September 2002 13:47
		Re: 24-bit color on printer device By: Liam E. Gumley on Thu, 26 September 2002 12:54
		Re: 24-bit color on printer device By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 September 2002 11:45
		Re: 24-bit color on printer device By: K. Bowman on Thu, 26 September 2002 11:18
		Re: 24-bit color on printer device By: Liam E. Gumley on Thu, 26 September 2002 07:23

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