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Re: xprinter [message #88477 is a reply to message #88460]

Thu, 01 May 2014 06:40

aiaa.sostc.treas
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Registered: April 2014

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Unfortunately, if you use the print method for the plot or window objects on mac or unix, xprinter is the output device. I had a little, intermittent success using the generic ps printer.

My final work around was to write my own procedure to print a window, which saved the window to a temporary file then spawned an 'lp' command to print the saved file.

This leads to another question. Is there a way to overload the print method for plots and windows with my own print method?

Thanks

On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:09:44 AM UTC-5, David Fanning wrote:
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>> Does anyone know how to add additional printer types to xprinter? It does not look like the list of printers has been updated since xprinter was first included with IDL.
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> Yeah, that was an idea that never generated much traction. In 25+ years
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> of IDL programming, I don't believe I've ever run into anyone who used
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> the PRINTER device.
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> Cheers,
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> David
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> --
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> David Fanning, Ph.D.
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		xprinter By: aiaa.sostc.treas on Tue, 29 April 2014 08:55
		Re: xprinter By: David Fanning on Tue, 29 April 2014 09:09
		Re: xprinter By: aiaa.sostc.treas on Thu, 01 May 2014 06:40

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