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Re: Color Postscript output [message #3381 is a reply to message #3379]

Fri, 13 January 1995 08:48

gurman
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In article <3f1eu6$e1t@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, spencer@jhs.nrl.navy.mil (John
Spencer) wrote:

> I'm trying to make a color postscript file from IDL version
> { mipseb IRIX 3.5.1} on an SGI running Irix 5.2.
>
> IDL> set_plot,'PS' ; turn on postscript
> IDL> device,/color ; enable color (RM: 3-31)
> IDL> loadct,12 ; load a color table
> IDL> print,!d.n_colors
> 256
> IDL> device,color=0 ; turn off colors
> IDL> print,!d.n_colors
> 256
>
> This, plus my inability to find a color table that makes colors
> come out in any postscript reader/printer I have, leads me to
> believe I'm confused. Can someone help?

John -

Have you tried setting

IDL> device, bits = 8

after the device, /color ?

Joe Gurman

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		Re: Color Postscript output By: spencer on Fri, 13 January 1995 11:28
		Re: Color Postscript output By: gurman on Fri, 13 January 1995 08:48
		Re: Color Postscript output By: steinhh on Fri, 13 January 1995 02:21
		Re: Color Postscript output By: thompson on Thu, 12 January 1995 07:31

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