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From: frei@rubmez.UUCP (Matthias Frei )
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Sixel to Postscript Converter Wanted
Summary: DEC did the work (but not complete)
Message-ID: <131@rubmez.UUCP>
Date: 17 May 88 07:51:53 GMT
References: <880420161326.202019aa@Csa3.LBL.Gov>
Organization: MEZ, RUB, Bochum, FRG
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Posted: Tue May 17 08:51:53 1988

In article <880420161326.202019aa@Csa3.LBL.Gov>, forrest@Csa3.LBL.GOV writes:
> We need some way to convert Print Screen output from Vax Stations
> into something that can be printed on a Postscript laser printer.

I think DEC provides a program called "render" converting to some
printers and plotters. There is a switch to produce postscript-files
too. It works for output-files from the demo-program "[vwsdemo]sight",
and was running on mVMS 4.3 (I think) with pixel-files too.
Now on mVMS 4.5 it stops with an errormessage. DEC said it should
be working ... (anybody from DEC reading this ???)
It would be interesting, if newer versions do the same mismatch.
Here are the commands to test:

  -  create a pixel-file in any directory
  -  type "render pixel_file/device_type=laserwriter/output=postscript_file

I hope anybody succeeds ...

	Matthias Frei

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