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From: msc@ramoth.SGI.COM (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: High-res bitmap from News
Summary: a suggestion
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Date: 9 Feb 89 22:25:45 GMT
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In article <8902081448.AA01383@retina.mitre.org>, ajb@RETINA.MITRE.ORG (Alan J. Broder) writes:
> 
> I have an application which requires me to produce a full-page equivalent
> of the 300-dpi bitmap which would be produced by a PostScript printer.
> 
> My question is this: Is there any way for me to achieve the same result using
> NeWS on a Sun ? That is, will NeWS allow me to render my postscript to a
> buffer or a file (instead of the screen) at the equivalent of 300dpi
> resolution ?

It occurs to me that using a retained canvas and setting the transformation
matrix to an appropriate matrix for 300dpi might work.  I haven't tried it
but it seems worth a shot.


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	-Mark