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From: dig@peritek.UUCP (Dave Gotwisner)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.periphs,comp.terminals,comp.graphics,comp.os.vms
Subject: looking for optimizer for HPGL output
Keywords: HPGL, Postscript, VMS
Message-ID: <420@peritek.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 89 07:48:00 GMT
Organization: Peritek Corp., Oakland, CA
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	A while ago, someone posted a program which takes postscript files
and optimizes them for output to a postscript device (to speed up output).
What we need is a program which optimizes an HPGL file for output to an
HP DraftPro pen plotter.  We have a CAD package which generates plots
without (apparently) optimizing the graphical-data base prior to generating
the plot files, so the plotter ends up doing things like:

	display short line at one end of paper
	display short line at other end of paper
	go back to original end and display another line.

Needless to say, the pen motion and paper movement commands probably
greatly increase the size of the file (and plot).

	Does anyone have a program which will help me, or does anyone
know where I can go to find one?  We are not on FTP, so if there is a
version of this somewhere on Internet, would someone please mail it to me?

	We are running VMS 5.0, but also have a UNIX system.  I could convert
the program from UNIX to VMS if necessary (have C and FORTRAN).

	Thanks, in advance.  Please E-mail me your responses.

		Dave
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