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Re: post script printing [message #4447 is a reply to message #4354]

Mon, 29 May 1995 00:00

staten
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Registered: May 1995

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In article <1995May29.100100.8788@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de> knipp@ipi.uni-hannover.de (K Knipp) writes:
> From: knipp@ipi.uni-hannover.de (K Knipp)
> Subject: Re: post script printing
> Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 10:01:00 GMT

> In article 0013F647@mail.med.upenn.edu, staten@mail.med.upenn.edu writes:
>> Hi. I'm running IDL on a powermac 7100 and I'm trying to create an
>> encapsulated post script file. For some reason, the following code creates a
>> file which is unreadable by Word, Adobe, or Aldus:
>>
>> image = fltarr(256,256)
>> set_plot,'ps'
>> device,/encapsulated,filename = 'test.eps'
>> tv,image
>> device,/close_file
>>
>> The file 'test.eps' cannot be opened as an eps file
>> by Word, Adobe Photoshop, or Aldus. What am I doing wrong?
>>
> ...
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe Maldjian
>> Neuroradiology
>> University of Pennsylvania

> Maybe Word, Adobe Photoshop, or Aldus expect the Enc. PostScript Interchange/
> Preview format, so try

> device,/ENCAPSULATED,filename = 'test.eps', /PREVIEW

> Karl

> ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------

> Karlheinz Knipp
> knipp@ipi.uni-hannover.de

> ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------

The PREVIEW keyword doesn't work either. Is there something wrong with
the first character of the header being written to an encapsulated post script
file using the powerpc version of IDL v3.6.1b ?

Joe

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		post script printing By: staten on Sat, 27 May 1995 00:00
		Re: post script printing By: Keith Horton on Tue, 30 May 1995 00:00
		Re: post script printing By: staten on Mon, 29 May 1995 00:00
		Re: post script printing By: knipp on Mon, 29 May 1995 00:00
		Re: post script printing By: chase on Wed, 14 June 1995 00:00
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