| Re: IDL generates PS file that prints slow [message #3294] |
Tue, 20 December 1994 11:18  |
gurman
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In article <3d54uu$5i6@news2.aero.org>, senechal@sylvester.aero.org
("Keith Senechal") wrote:
> In article <1994Dec18.175308.15356@Princeton.EDU>
xu@bessel.Princeton.EDU (Guohong Xu) writes:
>> Dear IDL-programmers,
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>> I am frustrated with IDL because it generates PostScript files that
>> prints out very slow. Are there anybody having the same experience?
>>
>> A very simple code to test this problem:
>> set_plot, 'ps'
>> x = randomu(s, 20000)
>> y = randomu(s, 20000)
>> PLOT, x, y, PSYM=1
>> device, /close
>> spawn, 'lpr idl.ps'
>> This script will generate a PS file of about 200KB, but it will take
>> more than 30 minutes to print it out in a Sparc Printer. Normally,
>> the Sparc printer will take only 2 minutes to print out a file of 200 KB.
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>> Can any one tell me what could be the problem? Could it be that IDL
>> generates low effeciency PostScript files?
>>
>> Thanks a lot, and Merry Christmas!
>>
>> Guohong Xu
>>
>> ------- Dept of Astrophysics, Princeton University ---------------------
>>
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> I just tried this test on a SparcPrinter running from a Sparc 2 workstation.
> The PS file was 958KB and took under 2 minutes to print.
> --
> ---- Keith (senechal@monstro.aero.org -- x64504)
> --
For what it's worth, I tried the same thing on an Alpha printing to an
HP 4SiMX over ethernet. It took < 1 m 9 s to print the 980 Kbyte file.
Joe Gurman
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Greenbelt MD 20771 USA / gurman@uvsp.gsfc.nasa.gov
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