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Re: 24-bit color on printer device [message #32294 is a reply to message #32293]

Thu, 26 September 2002 11:18

K. Bowman
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Registered: May 2000

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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

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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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