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From: steve@wrc.unr.edu (Stephen Wheatcraft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: postscript -> image file
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Date: 2 Nov 90 02:16:19 GMT
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We have a new scanner (Microtek) that produces 1-bit,
8-bit and 24-bit images (300dpi). It is attached to a
color Sun 386i (no laughs now!) because its tool
interface is in sunview. The scanner software will save
an image in sun raster format, or in postscript.

My goal is to scan an image and move it over to my
SGI PI-25TG. When I scan an image in 8-bit format,  save
it as postscript, and then bring it over to the SGI, I
have no problem displaying it with psview. But when I do
exactly the same thing with the 24-bit version of the 
scanned image, psview won't display it.

Does anybody know why ... or have a solution to this
problem. Should I be trying to convert the postscript
file to a sgi.rgb file?

Any suggestions will be most welcome.


Steve Wheatcraft                Internet: steve@olympus.wrc.unr.edu
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