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Re: IDL generates PS file that prints slow [message #3298 is a reply to message #3294]

Mon, 19 December 1994 15:28

senechal
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Registered: December 1994

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In article <1994Dec18.175308.15356@Princeton.EDU> xu@bessel.Princeton.EDU (Guohong Xu) writes:
> Dear IDL-programmers,
>
> I am frustrated with IDL because it generates PostScript files that
> prints out very slow. Are there anybody having the same experience?
>
> A very simple code to test this problem:
> set_plot, 'ps'
> x = randomu(s, 20000)
> y = randomu(s, 20000)
> PLOT, x, y, PSYM=1
> device, /close
> spawn, 'lpr idl.ps'
> This script will generate a PS file of about 200KB, but it will take
> more than 30 minutes to print it out in a Sparc Printer. Normally,
> the Sparc printer will take only 2 minutes to print out a file of 200 KB.
>
> Can any one tell me what could be the problem? Could it be that IDL
> generates low effeciency PostScript files?
>
> Thanks a lot, and Merry Christmas!
>
> Guohong Xu
>
> ------- Dept of Astrophysics, Princeton University ---------------------
>

I just tried this test on a SparcPrinter running from a Sparc 2 workstation.
The PS file was 958KB and took under 2 minutes to print.
--
---- Keith (senechal@monstro.aero.org -- x64504)
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		Re: IDL generates PS file that prints slow By: gurman on Tue, 20 December 1994 11:18
		Re: IDL generates PS file that prints slow By: senechal on Mon, 19 December 1994 15:28
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