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- From: boily@phy.ulaval.ca (Edouard Boily)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Looking for such a Print Utility
- Keywords: print utility ARexx CLI
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.145010.16646@cerberus.ulaval.ca>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 14:50:10 GMT
- Sender: news@cerberus.ulaval.ca
- Organization: Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec (Canada)
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- Originator: boily@perseus.phy.ulaval.ca
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- Here is what I want to do.
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- I have a big black & white image, say 1280X1650 that I want to
- print full page (well, as big as possible) on my prefs printer.
- Since I want to do this from a CanDo application and since the
- dimension of the image may vary, I'm looking for a program that
- will offer enough freedom to do the scaling and send it to the
- printer at best possible resolution. A CLI application or a
- program with a sufficient ARexx interface would do fine. I don't
- need any sophisticated dithering.
-
- I tried with the AmigaOS 2.1 "GraphicDump" but this will only print
- the current front screen, not an image on disk. "FileDump" is good
- only for text file. "GPrint" (PD from ?) is good but does not offer
- enough freedom on scaling and is good only with Epson printers.
-
- Of course, I could use tools like DPaint IV but there is no ARexx
- interface so I can't print from my CanDo application. In fact the
- print function of DPaint would do fine since it is possible to
- specify the X and Y scaling. But as I said, DPaint suffer from the
- lack of an ARexx port.
-
- In the long run, if I find nothing I will write such a program.
- But for now, I'm looking for an easier solution.
-
- Does such a program (PD or commercial) currently exists?
-
- Any hints?
-
-
- Thank you very much.
-
-
- - Edouard
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- | boily@phy.ulaval.ca |
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- | Edouard Boily | Projects: AmiGraph, AmigIRAF /// |
- | Physic's Dept. | Interests: Astronomy, Comp. Sciences |
- | Laval Univ. | Work: On my Ph. D. \\\ /// |
- | Quebec, CANADA | Citation: "Almost!" - Me \\XX/ |
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