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Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript [message #65908 is a reply to message #65907]

Thu, 26 March 2009 18:49

mankoff
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On Mar 26, 8:13 pm, mooner <Emily.Wisnio...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I am using IDL to display some data. I find IMDISP to be perfect
> for this and it works great in 'x' windows. My image is (forgive me,
> I'm not quite sure how to describe this) is low resolution and I want
> it to be displayed as individual squares (of different colors) which
> IDL happily does in my x window. However when I write to postscript
> the image is 'blured' (I don't get well defined flat squares). I've
> played with all the keywords in device and imdsp but with no luck.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Emily

Emily,

Are you on OS X? Are you viewing PostScript or is Preview.app
converting to PDF? On some versions of OS X the ghostscript converter
smooths images. Printed graphics still look blocky, and ImageMagick
(convert foo.ps foo.png) produces correct output.

-k.

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		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: Jeremy Bailin on Sun, 29 March 2009 04:55
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: ed.schmahl on Sat, 28 March 2009 14:24
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: Christopher Thom on Fri, 27 March 2009 10:07
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: Brian Larsen on Fri, 27 March 2009 08:03
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 27 March 2009 07:40
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: mooner on Thu, 26 March 2009 20:00
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: liamgumley on Thu, 26 March 2009 19:39
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 26 March 2009 18:44
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: mankoff on Thu, 26 March 2009 18:49
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 March 2009 18:13
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: mooner on Thu, 26 March 2009 17:42
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 March 2009 17:31
		Re: IMDISP and writing to Postscript By: mankoff on Mon, 30 March 2009 10:05

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