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From: kevind@pogo.wv.tek.com (Kevin Draz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: help - printer type
Keywords: printer type and FAQ
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:13:31 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.

In article <Jul.23.12.36.49.1992.8037@porthos.rutgers.edu> makmur@porthos.rutgers.edu (Hanz Makmur) writes:
>Does any one know how to set a printer type under postscript level2 ?


In level 2, the network PAP type of a device is specified as part of the
"devparams" dictionary.  The following code should do the trick:

%!PS-Adobe
true () startjob pop
(%LocalTalk%) <</LocalTalkType (InsertYourFavoriteTypeHere) >> setdevparams
false () startjob pop
%%End-of-File

It used to be that you could use (%LocalTalk_NV%) to set this as a
non-volatile (battery-ram) value, but it would appear that storing this
parameter in NVRAM is device && || version specific.  Your mileage may vary.

KD
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.periphs.printers
From: pegah@cps.msu.edu (Mahmoud Pegah)
Subject: LaserWriter IIg zone change
Originator: pegah@pleiades.cps.msu.edu
Organization: Computer Science, Michign State University 
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 17:39:37 GMT


        Hello All:

        We have an Apple LaserWriter IIg on the ethernet. I would
        like to change its default zone. I have created a text file
        using TeachText:

        serverdict begin 0 exitserver
        (%EtherTalk%) <</EtherTalkZone (OurZoneName)>> setdevparams

        I have downloaded using LaserWriter Utility. After powering
        down/up the printer, still the zone does not change. What am
        I doing wrong? Any help will be apprecited. Thanks.


        -Mahmoud Pegah
        AI/KBS Lab, CPS
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
From: zben@ni.umd.edu (Charles B. Cranston)
Subject: Re: Q:edit an image postscript?
Organization: UM Home for the Terminally Analytical
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:59:15 GMT

In article <5448@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>, mbsfpby@uts.mcc.ac.uk (S.L.B. Yeung) writes:

> Is it possible to edit an image postscript file so that a line(s) of text
> can be added to a specified position(say at the bottom of the image)
> of the original file? 

You might try redefining the showpage primitive to put the desired text in at
the bottom of the page.  You would do this in a short file prepended to your
existing postscript file.  If this file does not itself redefine showpage
(or redefines showpage in a compatable manner) this approach should work.
From: msf@rotary.Central.Sun.COM (Mike Fischbein)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Straining PostScript or just stupid?
Date: 21 Jul 1992 12:44:53 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Albany, NY
NNTP-Posting-Host: rotary.east.sun.com


Just as a data point, it took 2.6 seconds on my SPARCStation 2.

	mike

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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
From: mslyz@tiber.engin.umich.edu (Marko J Slyz )
Subject: cat for PS?
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 15:05:43 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Originator: mslyz@tiber.engin.umich.edu


I need a program that can print multiple EPSF images on one page. I
know that Framemaker will do this but I'd really like a standalone
program that takes the names of the EPSF files and the coordinates
where you want them and outputs an EPSF file. It would be great if it
would also let you specify text labels for each of the pictures.

Send me email and I'll post a summary.

Thanks,
Marko

Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
From: jpl@fct.unl.pt (Joao Prospero Luis [ps])
Subject: a2ps source needed
Organization: Universidade Nova de Lisboa -- Lisbon, Portugal
Distribution: comp.lang.postscript
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:44:09 GMT


We have a network with many machine types (Sun's, RISC6000's, HP's,
DEC's, VAX's, etc), but we only have the a2ps binary for the VAX's (wich
are now disapearing). Could someone post or mail-me the sources, or a
ftp machine and directory for the source?

Thanks in advance,

Joao Prospero Luis

jpl@fct.unl.pt




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From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: printing pcl-files on LJIII postscript (HP cartridge)
Date: 26 Jul 92 23:07:41 GMT
Organization: Elegant Communications Inc., Ottawa, Canada

In article <1992Jul22.135933.24899@news.uni-stuttgart.de> weinmann@izfm386i.fertigungstechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Michael Weinmann) writes:
>Can anybody tell me how to print a pcl(4) file on a LJIII with a HP postscript
>Cartridge? I know that there is hp2pbm and pbm2ps, but I don't know how to use it? 

Most LJIII printers won't easily switch back and forth between PCL and
PostScript.  So, failing that, hp2pbm/pbm2ps are the only ways of doing
it without manual intervention.

You could try reading the manual page for hp2pbm.
-- 
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From: rick@rick.infoserv.com (Rick Klement)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Pageview - postscript
Summary: answers
Date: 25 Jul 92 05:14:47 GMT
Organization: Rick's Place, San Jose, CA, USA

In article <4191@astroatc.UUCP>, weeks@astroatc.UUCP (Pat Weeks) writes:
> 
> 	We are running SunOS 4.1.1 on Sparc II's and IPC's.  When loading
> a postscript file into pageview that contains more than one page, the pictures
> overwrite each other causing much grief and consternation...  Does this
> happen with all systems out there?  Is there a way to get around this?  Will
> anyone see this post?  Will Jack marry Emma?  Will George ever find out that
> Barbara having an affair with Dan?  Will anyone answer me after I left this odd
> news article?  Find out in the ..ackk!
> 
> 
> 					Ghostwheel Rambles...

Let's see: no, maybe, yes, ?, ?, yes...

You need lines like this (starting in the first column):

%%Page: 1 1

before each page. All my PostScript generating code puts these in, so
I don't have this problem with pageview. If your PostScript generator
doesn't put these in, you have to find out how to do it yourself (hence
the 'maybe' :-)

See PostScript document structure conventions in redbook or ...

I hope this is the ..ackk!
-- 
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From: roihar@cc4.crl.aecl.ca
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: RE: printing pcl-files on LJIII postscript (HP cartridge)
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:15:46 GMT
Organization: AECL RESEARCH

why not switch to pcl then back to postscript???
this would be most efficient would it not?
From: als@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Anthony Shipman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: HP LJIII questions
Date: 30 Jul 92 09:29:34 GMT
Organization: Computer Power Software

Using the HP Level 2 cartridge:

Is there a way to get error messages back from the printer to
the host computer?

How is the printer switched between PCL and Postscript modes?  Is there
a command sequence in the print data that is recognised in each mode?  
Can the printer automatically recognise the type of the print data?

Would you recommend a better cartridge to upgrade a HP LJIII?

Thanks
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.sequent,comp.unix.misc
From: ccx009@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Adam Bentley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.sequent,comp.unix.misc
Subject: psroff - is there a free version available
Keywords: printing,postscript,text formatting
Date: 30 Jul 92 09:01:28 GMT
Organization: Coventry University


Well, the questions' in the subject, is there a free postscript version of
nroff/troff knocking about on the net?

thanks for any info...


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From: hoyt@epx.cis.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Adobe's enscript program.
Summary: Is Adobe's enscript program in the public domain or otherwise free?
Keywords: Enscript
Date: 24 Jul 92 02:02:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Minnesota

I've worked on a number of systems that had Adobe's enscript program running
on them.  Is this a licenced program?  If it is in the public domain, or
free for use, where can I get a copy of the source?

Please reply to me, and I'll summarize if there is interest.

david | hoyt@epx.cis.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: brokenbar?
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:34:06 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.


I've recently discovered output from Uniplex that attempts to specify
a new encoding vector including the 'brokenbar' character?  The
standard vector in the red book doesn't include this character -- is it
in any way "standard"?  I've had a report that [at least some] Apple printers
include the character, and the Ghostscript fonts do, but our QMS printers
don't, with the result that | doesn't show up when printed on them.  Hacking
the mapping to 'bar' instead of 'brokenbar' allows the file to print, but
I'd like to know who to assign blame -- Uniplex or QMS?
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From: greis@BUMETB.BU.EDU (peter greis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: job slugs
Date: 26 Jul 92 17:35:33 GMT


Does anybody have a snippet of PS code that would put job 
slugs in front of jobs on an imagesetter, i.e. Job name,
time, fonts used ?

please send email.

thanx,

	peter

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From: was@gdwb.oz.au (Warren Stokes)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: EPS files and preview bitmaps
Date: 27 Jul 92 05:59:49 GMT

We are using Aster*x to import EPS files. However, to display the import file
in the document on the screen, the EPS file is required to include a preview
bitmap.  Is this a part of the EPS standard?  If so, is there a way of
generating this type of file from and EPS without a preview bitmap?

Thanks in advance


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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
From: davis@gauss.enet.dec.com (Peter Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Postscript Definitions
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:14:55 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <whitmore.711652710@pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu>, whitmore@iastate.edu (Kurt D Whitmore) writes...
>Someone told me there was a way to force postscript definitions to form
>in a file.
> 
>What I am trying to do move a EPSF from Mathematica to Canvas or Quark.
>
I don't know about Mathematica, but most applications that create EPSF files
include the definitions of all the application-specific procedures in those
files.  Some let you save files with or without the prolog containing the
procedure definitions.  If you're just going to re-edit the file with the same
software that created it, you can save space by omitting the prolog, since the
application already knows what's in it.  Check the Mathematica documentation
on saving EPSF files for more information.
> 
>When I print it out I get a "undefined; OffendingCommand: defcurrentpoint"
>
This actually looks like a space got dropped somewhere.  PostScript has a
'def' operator and a 'currentpoint' operator.  Try inserting a space and see
if the file then prints correctly.

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From: jcc@acpub.duke.edu (JEFFREY CONSTANTINE)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Barcode printing/Development Aids
Keywords: barcode source generator form painter
Date: 29 Jul 92 05:37:58 GMT

We are trying to print some fairly complicated carton labels from
an IBM RS/6000, and it looks as if we may have to do it through
PostScript. The labels will require human-readable sections in
different sizes and orientations and machine-readable barcodes in
different sizes, symbologies, and orientations.

I'm looking for anyone with experience printing barcodes in PostScript
who could tell be what symbologies are available and what issues there
are in doing this. Also, I'd like to hear what development tools people
are using.

I'd really appreciate any help. 

Thanks in advance,
Coty Rosenblath (coty@aol.com)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
From: cat3x@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Craig Alan Thompson)
Subject: Inst. for Leffler's Tiff3.0 
Keywords: TIFF,PostScript,instructions
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:26:58 GMT

Would it be possible for someone on the network to send me idiot-proof 
instructions for how to use Sam Leffler's TIFF conversion routines.  
I am looking for a program to convert TIFF files to PostScript.
I  retrieved the file v3.0.tr.Z from sgi.com using ftp in the BINARY mode.
I also zcat'd the file and obtained several files  and directories.

The problem is I'm not quite certain what to do now.  Is the file doc/TIFF6.ps
documentation for the whole package?  What about the man1 & man 3 directories.

Any help that could be offered would be great, but all I really need are
the steps for compilation that will yield the conversion from TIFF to PostScript.

Thanks,
<cat3x@Virginia.edu>
From: boche@vnet.ibm.com (Ulrich K. Boche)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 17:55:13 CET
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: for statements
Organization: IBM Germany, Ehningen
News-Software: UReply 3.0
            <786@rtbrain.rightbrain.com>

In <786@rtbrain.rightbrain.com> Glenn Reid writes:
>
>Although it's a shameless plug, you could buy my book, called
>"Thinking in PostScript", published by Addison-Wesley.  It has an
>entire chapter on Loops, for just this reason.
>

Shameless plug or not, I read the book and think it's excellent.
Just the right thing for someone who wants to get some feeling
for the PostScript language.

Ulrich Boche, IBM Germany FSC Large Systems
Disclaimer: This posting represents my own views, not those of IBM
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
From: thompson@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Thompson, code 682.1, x2040)
Subject: Re: signal processing package for IDL
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: NASA/GSFC-Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:47:00 GMT

In article <30JUL199213510325@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov>, bhill@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert S. Hill) writes...
>In article <1992Jul30.125624.3001@afterlife.ncsc.mil>, dpkemp@afterlife.ncsc.mil (David P. Kemp) writes...
>>In article <14663@umd5.umd.edu> dmatthews@uap.umd.edu writes:

(The text has been omitted, but the topic under discussion is support for
signal filtering functions in PV-wave.)

Has anybody looked into whether IMSL/IDL supports these filtering functions?

Bill Thompson
Organisation: European Space Technology Centre (E.S.T.E.C)
Date: Wednesday, 29 Jul 1992 10:34:48 CET
From: Hugh D.R. Evans <HEVANS@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
Subject: VMS PVwave 3.10 - ASSOC variables and FORTRAN


Hello,

I am trying to establish several ASSOC variables for unformatted
FORTRAN files under VMS.

The fortran files have sequential organisation and variable length
records (maximum length 82 bytes).

The equivalent PVwave record structure used is:
point = {orbit_point,           $
         Time: DOUBLE( 0.0),    $
         long: DOUBLE( 0.0),    $
         lat : DOUBLE( 0.0),    $
         height: DOUBLE( 0.0),  $
         POS : DBLARR( 3),      $
         VEL : DBLARR( 3)       $
         }

By opening the file (as specified in the manual) using:
WAVE> openu,1,'filename',/segmented  ; the use/ommission of /seg has no effect.
WAVE> s = ASSOC(1,point)
WAVE> print,s
% Invalid file organization for ASSOC.
% Execution halted at $MAIN$  .


The manual does mention that *UNIX* unformatted fortran files are
incompatible with the ASSOC function, but no mention is made of
the *VMS* unformatted fortran files.

Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks,
Hugh

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Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
From: snoopy@unlv.edu (Ramesh Viswanathan)
Subject: Re: Colors with XOR plotting
Organization: UNLV
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 16:04:46 GMT

In article <1992Jul16.112325.18856@news.larc.nasa.gov> zawodny@arbd0.larc.nasa.gov (Dr. Joseph M Zawodny) writes:
> I have noticed for some time that a number of the questions posted here could
>be answered quite easily by post-er if they just played with IDL for 15
>minutes.  After all the I in IDL is for Interactive.


No need for such terse language in this newsgroup.  This forum was
created to be and still serves as a vehicle for exchanging information
and posting queries related to the PV Wave and IDL programming en-
vironment.  This would then perhaps permit someone to learn about IDL
and PV Wave quickly without reinventing the wheel.

Therefore, no matter how simple or complex an inquiry may be, it serves
to educate those who are unfamiliar, and likewise, elicit a correction,
suggestion for improvement, or disagreement from someone who is a self-
proclaimed expert on the topic.  And as for those who are disinterested,
reach for the "n" or the "K" key or better yet unsubscribe.


--rv
From: horn@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Jeffrey Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
Subject: Getting data from Ingres databases into PV-WAVE
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:53:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: schaefer.1992Jul30.185324.6480
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin Dept. of Mathematics

I would be interested in communicating with anyone who has successfully
used Ingres databases as a data repository for PV-WAVE front end applications.
Specifically, I would like to know by what means you retrieved that data
into the PV-Wave applications.

Thanks, 

Jeffrey Horn
From: ritscher@smsun43.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (David E. Ritscher)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
Subject: Re: signal processing package for IDL
Keywords: signal processing, filtering, IIR filter, matlab
Date: 29 Jul 92 13:53:20 GMT
Organization: GE CRD

In response to the above two postings:
>>I am interested in finding procedures for signal processing (design of
>>filters, filtering, etc), similar to the signal processing toolbox for
>>matlab), for IDL.   Is there something like that in existence?    Is
>>there such package available for pvwave?   Any pointer will be
>>appreciated. 
>>
[...]
>FIR filtering is, of course, supported by PV-wave's convolution operation,
>but there doesn't seem to be any operation for doing recursive filters
>without doing it sample-by-sample with an explicit loop - horribly slow.

The signal processing capabilities of packages such as MATLAB are glaringly
missing from IDL.  Why don't we users write our own signal processing toolkit
as a set of IDL .pro files?  Research Associates Inc supports this kind of
activity through their user library files.

I have written two .pro files for IIR filtering called in a similar manner to the
MATLAB filter.m and filtfilt.m files.  Send mail to ritscher@crd.ge.com if you
would like me to mail you these.

Have others written signal processing routines that are in a condition ready to
be shared?  If so, please send mail to me, or post their availability to this
news group or to comp.lang.idl.

David Ritscher
GE Corporate Research and Development
ritscher@crd.ge.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
From: bhill@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert S. Hill)
Subject: Re: signal processing package for IDL
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: Hughes STX Corp./NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:51:00 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.125624.3001@afterlife.ncsc.mil>, dpkemp@afterlife.ncsc.mil (David P. Kemp) writes...
>In article <14663@umd5.umd.edu> dmatthews@uap.umd.edu writes:
>>If you don't have to do your filtering in real time, do it in the
>>frequency domain, i.e. take the Fourier transform of the data,
>I'm certain it isn't faster.
>It may or may not be easier to understand.
>I don't believe it is even possible to do exactly.

My experience in astronomical image processing is that S/N has to be
very good before you can consider using FFT-based methods.  With noisy
data, it's better to work in the domain of the data.

- Bob
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
From: zawodny@arbd0.larc.nasa.gov (Dr. Joseph M Zawodny)
Subject: Re: VMS PVwave 3.10 - ASSOC variables and FORTRAN
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:23:32 GMT

The ASSOC function is used only with fixed length records and direct access
files on VMS systems.  Read the file with the structure via the READU command.
If you really want direct access to any record in the file you will probably
have to recreate the file or calculate the record position in the file and use
the POINT_LUN proceedure.

	Good Luck

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