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- From: lapp@waterloo.hp.com (David Lapp)
- Subject: Re: Dumping an HP 900/710 X11 window on an HP Laserjet IIP
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- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:02:08 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.145159.25119@cenaath.cena.dgac.fr>
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- Ronan Melennec (melennec@stna.dgac.fr) wrote:
- : [Sorry, I let previous post out with a bad header]
- :
- : Hello,
- :
- : I'm trying to do X11 window dumps on an HP Laserjet II Plus (512 Ko,
- : no PostScript interpreter).
- :
- : I'm using HP-provided tools on an HP 9000/710 workstation.
- :
- : The command :
- : xwd | xpr -device ljet -density 300 | lp -dlw
- : only has the printer print "Line too long"...
- :
- : I've tried other values for density parameter, without success
- : (with 150, only the leftmost topmost part of the window gets printed,
- : the rest of the sheet is garbage ; with 75, the whole sheet is
- : garbage).
- :
- : Could anyone suggest a working alternative ? I have FTP access.
- :
- I'm not sure about the density parameter but you probably
- need to specify that the data is 'raw' to lp. Try:
-
- xwd | xpr -device ljet -density 300 | lp -dlw -oraw
-
- Dave Lapp
-
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