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10.2.4 PLOT MITSUBISHI
The PLOT MITSUBISHI command is used to output a raster file ( previously
created with the PLOT RASTER command ) to the Mitsubishi G500 colour thermal
transfer printer or any compatible printer.
To generate a raster image file suitable for plotting on the Mitsubishi G500
printer, the value for the DOTSPERINCH modifier in PLOT RASTER should be 240
unless the enlargement option is chosen. Colour raster files will be plotted
using the 7 available colours, mono raster files will be plotted in black.
The colour assignments used for the Mitsubishi G500 are as follows:
Colour 0 Not plotted
Colour 1 Yellow
Colour 2 Magenta
Colour 3 Red
Colour 4 Cyan
Colour 5 Green
Colour 6 Blue
Colour 7 Black
This follows the standard yellow, magenta and cyan colour combination used
by most colour printers. To preview a drawing in these colours, the command
#CHANGE COLOUR YMC
can be used to select the appropriate colours.
MODIFIERS
FROM Requires the name of the raster image file created with the PLOT
RASTER command. If this modifier is not used, the file
XCTEMP:rastc is assumed to be the raster image file. ( This
file is the default file created by PLOT RASTER ).
TO Requires the name of the file or device used as a destination
for the plot commands. If this modifier is not used, the plot
commands will be sent to the device PAR: ( the parallel port ).
If you are likely to reproduce the same plot many times, it can
be useful to output the plot commands to a disk-file which in
turn can then be copied to the printer when required.
ENLARGE The ENLARGE modifier is used to select the 2x2 enlarge mode for
the Mitsubishi G500. If this option is used, each pixel is
plotted as a 2x2 matrix instead of a single dot. Therefore the
image will be enlarged to twice normal size. To compensate for
this the DOTSPERINCH modifier in PLOT RASTER should be set to
120 instead of 240.