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From: rel@mtu.edu (Robert Landsparger)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: PS to 24" Versatec Plotter
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Date: 15 Mar 91 07:32:51 GMT
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Well folks, after using the pstorast program that was posted, myself and
our versatec guru were able to turn a 8.5x11 sheet into a 22x27.5 plot
with 200 dpi resolution.

Might not be of that much interest to ppl, but at 2:25 am it was quite
the accomplishment.  B.T.W. it looks cool.

	Equipment/Software used:

	SPARCstation 1+
		NeWS (has to be installed)
		pstorast
		/usr/lib/rasfilters/convert.2
		8 meg of disk space

	IBM4381 HPO 5.0
		cv (we wrote this to shove the file to the plotter)
		8 meg of disk space

This would work with ghostscript, but NeWS handles the fonts better.
After fighting to get ghostscript compiled/running because I feared
the NeWS approach, I found I was sadly mistaken.  Conversion takes
about 3-5 minutes. Then plot!

Anyone who is actually interest in the "complete" process let me know.

Back to the programming pit now that the fun is over.


--The Rel Monster


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