| Re: Printing iTools window to PS file [message #46819 is a reply to message #46818] |
Tue, 03 January 2006 14:42   |
K. Bowman
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Registered: May 2000
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In article <1136324163.321719.67800@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"David Alexander" <davidessandro@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ken,
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> To save an image of what's in your iTool window, use the File->Export
> option in any iTool, then select "To a file" on the first screen. You
> can save to any of the IDL-supported file formats (including eps, if
> you want postscript).
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> Dave
Ah, that shows how much I understand iTools. I thought Export was to export the
*data*, not the *graphics*. (I can't say that I care much for the Microsoft
step-through-these-dialog-boxes "Wizard" approach, though.)
When I print to hardcopy (HP color printer), the text looks like vectors (i.e.,
crisp), not bitmaps. The text in the EPS file created by Export has that
quaint, fuzzy, bitmap look.
Exporting in bitmap mode apparently just puts a bitmap into an EPS file.
Exporting in vector mode loses the texture-mapped colors on the iSurface. Oh
well, I guess I'll get by with large bitmapped files.
Thanks for the help, Ken
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