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From: cs480125@umbc5.umbc.edu (Peter Johansson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Big PostScript output
Keywords: PostScript maps
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Date: 17 Mar 90 22:49:01 GMT
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In article <6781@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> wessel@.hig.Hawaii.Edu (Paul Wessel) writes:
>as a plotting language to generate maps of various types.  Sometimes
>one would like to plot a map that is many times larger than the page
>size for most laserwriters (8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17).  Tiling is of
>course an option, but I would like to know if some of you out there
>knows about PostScript drivers for BIG plotters. 

> [[[ stuff deleted ]]]

>Any comments would be appreciated.

Mail to your machine bounced, here is the text of my letter...

Have you considered sending your PS to a linotronic loaded with film?
You can then photomechanically enlarge the negative to any size
required.  Yes, there will be some loss of resolution, but 1270+ DPI
resolution can be enlarged quite a bit before encountering distortion
serious enough for *most* applications.

Peter Johansson
cs480125@umbc5.umbc.edu