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- From: masa@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Masayoshi Habu)
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:15:50 GMT
- Subject: Re: Need 'xwd' -> PostScript
- Message-ID: <48350006@hpscit.sc.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpcc05!hpscit!masa
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- References: <1992Aug12.190118.1@isvax.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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- In comp.sys.hp, hebert@isvax.lmsc.lockheed.com (Rick Hebert, Lockheed-ESC, Houston, 713writes:
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- > Can anyone help me find a way to print from an Xwindow directly (or
- > indirectly) to PostScript. I currently am using X11R4 (no shit) and
- > would like to print to a PostScript color printer. I've tried
- > 'xwd' but it ends up with a file in PCL format, so I guess a PCL
- > to PostScript program would work too. I also have a HPGL to PostScript
- > program so I guess a PCL to HPGL would work also.
-
- What I do to get a simple PS output from an X window is this:
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- xwd | xpr -device ps -rv | lp
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- Command xwd gives you XWD format pixel dump. You can convert it
- to PostScript pixel dump or PCL dump with xpr. PCL to HPGL would
- be hard if it involves raster to vector conversion.
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- This is only my personal opinion...
-
- Masa
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