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- From: story@sgi.com (David (Duis) Story)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: RGB to HPGL
- Message-ID: <vcab5js@twilight.wpd.sgi.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:08:58 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.165311.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
- Sender: news@twilight.wpd.sgi.com ( CNews Account at twilight.wpd.sgi.com )
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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- In article <1993Jan20.165311.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> gkessells@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:
- >
- >Could anyone please help with the following:
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- > Does anyone know of any public domain programs for an sgi
- > that convert rgb images into hpgl or hpgl2 files.
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- No. HPGL is a vector page description language, and your RGB is a
- bitmap. It would be terribly inefficient and quite likely to print
- poorly due to the inaccuracy of printing dots with HPGL.
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- Perhaps there is another path you can take?
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- Cheers,
-
- David Story Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- story@bent.wpd.sgi.com Mountain View, California
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- I've changed my name, so duis@sgi.com may bounce, please use story@sgi.com.
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