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From: fmr@cwi.nl (Frank Rahmani)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.periphs,comp.terminals,comp.graphics,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: looking for optimizer for HPGL output
Message-ID: <838@sering.cwi.nl>
Date: 12 Mar 89 15:41:20 GMT
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> What we need is a program which optimizes an HPGL file for output to an
> HP DraftPro pen plotter.
I can't help you with a complete program, but there was a very
good article in ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol.2 No.3, July 1983,
pages 197-212, titled:
"Techniques for Reducing Pen Plotting Time'
by David P.Anderson from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
It's a pity but I never got around to implement his stuff into
a working program. There is some codefragment in the article.
Hope this helps .
> 	Thanks, in advance.  Please E-mail me your responses.
Please summarie what you learned, as I'm shure others are interested
too.
fmr@cwi.nl
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