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- README File
-
- of HPGL2PS1.23
-
- January 20, 1990
-
- This is a complete rewrite of the original HPGL2PS which I uploaded in June
- 1989. The first program worked fine with HPGL-files generated by Xcad but
- would not understand some of the HPGL commands generated by other programs
- such as for example Superplan. Now it will convert those files into
- Postscript as well. You should set the plotter selection in Xcad, Draw2000,
- or Superplan to HP7475A and send the plotter commands into a file in rad: or
- ram: . You can then print such files directly on a Laserprinter using HPGL2PS.
-
- I have also added the option to set in the command line the linewidths of
- the 6 pens the HP7475A plotter uses.
-
- Usage: HPGL2PS infile outfile [options]
-
- Command line options are:
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- [?] as only parameter after HPGL2PS prints a help file on the screen.
-
- [L] prints in landscape mode (the default is portrait mode).
-
- [P][n] [number] sets the linewidth of pen n to number (in points).
-
- The default settings for linewidths of pen 1 to pen 6 are 0.5, 0.8, 1.5, 2.0,
- 2.5, and 0.01 points.
-
- Here is an example of a valid command line:
-
- 1. HPGL2PS infile outfile P1 1 P2 .5 P3 1.5 P4 3.0
-
- This would create a Postscript file in outfile with the linewidths of
- pens 1 to 4 set to 1, 0.5, 1.5, and 3, respectively. Pens 5 and 6 retain
- their default values. I have chosen the default linewidth of pen 6 as
- 0.01 because it is used by Xdraw to draw a grid on the plot, if
- requested in the command line.
-
- 2. HPGL2PS infile ser: L
-
- This would print the HPGL-file infile directly on the laserprinter in
- landscape mode with all default linewidths left unchanged.
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- UPDATE INFO on version 1.23 (January 1990):
-
- I have added the ability to specify the location of the graph on the paper
- (left lower coordinates). For example, the command line command "C 2.0 2.5"
- will move the origin of the plot two inches up and 2.5 inches to the right.
-
- The option S lets you scale the graph. "S .5" will scale the plot to 50% of
- its original size.
-
- Combinations of S and C commands let you place the graph at any place on the
- paper at any size.
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- UPLOAD TO BIX (October 1990)
- This program has been posted on PLink since January 1990. I was asked to
- upload it to BIX because some people at BIX do not subscribe to PLink. I have
- used the program myself over the last 10 months to print the figures for an
- entire biochemistry textbook on a laserwriter II. I never had a problem.
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- This program is freeware, i.e., you are free to use it for your own purpose
- and distribute it freely, but you may not sell it for profit. I own the
- copywright of Xdraw and, therefore, ask that you retain my name in the
- program. If you find any bugs or have suggestions for improvements and
- features you would like to see, please leave E-mail at BIX for rwerner or
- write to me.
-
- If you have any questions in using this program or if you discover bugs,
- please leave E-mail or write to me.
-
- Rudolf Werner
- 1325 Bella Vista
- Coral Gables, FL. 33156
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