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- From: lilleyc@cs.man.ac.uk (Chris Lilley)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.pex
- Subject: Re: Printing PHIGS pictures
- Keywords: Printing
- Message-ID: <6014@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 20:15:08 GMT
- References: <1992Sep3.142507.25908@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
- Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk
- Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.
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- In article <1992Sep3.142507.25908@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
- cnbs63@uk.ac.strath.ccsun writes:
-
- >I am about to start writing some application software that will
- >generate graphs and pictures using PHIGS on a SUN workstation. Is
- >there any available program or routine that will allow a PHIGS
- >picture to be saved in a format that can be printed or imported
- >into a word processing package. The generally accepted format we
- >have used in other graphic systems has been HPGL (HP graphic language).
-
- You have two options, as Sun PHIGS provides very few workststion types
-
- a) Output to CGM with the CGM workststion type, then convert this to
- PostScript which most WP can import
-
- b) Do X window dumps and convert the resulting bitmaps to something
- your WP can import. This can work OK if you reduce the result by a
- factor of 4 or so, or if you have a colour printer capable of lots of
- colours without dithering. Otherwise, it looks pretty blocky and
- generally naff.
-
- >Thank you for your attention
-
- Nae probs
-
- Chris
-
- BTW: the Followup-To: line should contain a valid newsgroup. Not 'new
- subject'!
-
-
-
- --
- Chris Lilley
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