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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854")
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Subject: Re:  imagefile -> pprint -> lpr
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Date: 24 Jul 90 12:01:30 GMT
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   What we do in my branch is save images in a common run length encoded
format. This is from the Ames ARCGraph system of subroutines.  Once we
have an image in this format, I have a utility that converts it to 3
other formats Tektronix 4693D, Celco film recorder, and PostScript
black & white and grayscale.  The conversion program is written in C.
It was originally written in FORTRAN for the 3000's, but the 4D FORTRAN
was broken, it wont allow the creation of binary files, (and looks like
it might still be broken under 3.3, but not as badly, I still have to
double check that. I didn't like what I read in the manual.) so I had
 to convert it to C, so it would work on the 4D's.  If you want I could
mail you the PostScript subroutines.
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	Brent L. Bates
	NASA-Langley Research Center
	M.S. 361
	Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
	(804) 864-2854
	E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov