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- From: sngdco@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.N. Good)
- Subject: Problem doing "A" size plots to JDL 850 GL+ emulating an HP7580
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.143010.20096@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Sender: Steven Good - NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR - SNGDCO@ISC.RIT.EDU - SNGDCO@RITVAX.BITNET
- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:30:10 GMT
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- My setup: Running sas 6.07 on a VAX/VMS cluster. I have a printer queue
- defined that has been working quite well as a standard printer, and
- also a A and C size plotter for Arris CAD and AUTO CAD output.
-
- The printer is a JDL 850 GL+ that has a DUAL bin paper feeder and
- has been configured in plot mode to emulate an HP 7580 plotter.
-
- I have several VMS print queus set up to select the proper size
- paper and either print or plot mode.
-
-
- The problem: When I do the following...
-
- FILENAME GSASFILE 'TEST.JDL';
- GOPTIONS BORDER
- DEVICE=HP7580A
- GSFNAME=GSASFILE
- GSFMODE=REPLACE
- GSFLEN=70;
-
- PROC GTESTIT PICTURE=1;
- RUN;
-
- I get a plot coming out on "A" size paper (that is what I want),
- but the x=0, y=0 origin seems to be wrong. It appears that what
- sas is doing (or what it's HP plot routines are doing), is not
- actually creating a small size plot, but somehow scaling a large
- plot down. The result is a small diagram placed in the center of
- a "C" size area, not in the 0,0 corner where it should be.
-
- What I have tried to do to solve this: I have tried using all the various
- HP plotter types known to sas with out any positive result. I have
- also tried the PROLOG to give some HP plot commands to try and
- correct the problem. The PROLOG did not work since SAS put's it
- scaling and other commands in it's plot data that comes out after
- the PROLOG. I also looked at the SAS HP output and compared it
- to my CAD software HP output. The SAS output definitly has
- many reset and other commands that I wish I could take out. I have
- also tried to create my own DEVICE DRIVER by copying the HP7580A into
- one called JDL850A and modifying some options. I had notice when the
- pixel count was doubled the plot showed up in the 0,0 corner of the
- paper but at the wrong size for it's border, when the pixel count was
- as the default for HP 7580A it seemed to end up centered in the center
- of a C size plot area.
-
- I am at the point of running out of things to try, any feeded back
- would be appreciated.
-
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