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Re: Using PS_START to create A4 Landscape postscript? [message #77873 is a reply to message #77869]

Thu, 29 September 2011 16:36

David Fanning
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Rob writes:

> I'm sure this is simple but I can't quite get it to work.
>
> I want to create an A4 landscape postscript file where the plot takes
> up the entire window (i.e. no margins).
>
> I thought I could do this: PS_Start, FILENAME='plot.ps', chasize=1,
> landscape=1, page='A4' but it doesn't seem to work.
>
> I specifically don't want to use the psconfig GUI as this needs to run
> in a loop and create multiple plots, but I thought I could set the
> keywords in ps_start without needing to use ps_config.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction?

What you are doing here is setting the page size
and orientation of the plot. You are not doing
anything to set the "window" on the PostScript
page where the plot will be located.

Presumably "it doesn't seem to work" means you
don't like the defaults PS_Start is choosing for
you. If so, then by all means choose your own.
The XSIZE, YSIZE, XOFFSET and YOFFSET keywords
are the ones you want to use.

Cheers,

David

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		Re: Using PS_START to create A4 Landscape postscript? By: rjp23 on Fri, 30 September 2011 08:09
		Re: Using PS_START to create A4 Landscape postscript? By: David Fanning on Thu, 29 September 2011 16:36
		Re: Using PS_START to create A4 Landscape postscript? By: Matthew on Thu, 29 September 2011 14:28
		Re: Using PS_START to create A4 Landscape postscript? By: Matthew on Thu, 29 September 2011 12:42

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