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From: andrea@hp-sdd.hp.com (Andrea K. Frankel)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Need help on Plotting HPGL files - SAVE THIS INFO!
Message-ID: <3254@hp-sdd.hp.com>
Date: 7 Feb 90 21:39:34 GMT
References: <1754@milton.acs.washington.edu> <23900003@sunb0.cs.uiuc.edu> <8196@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: andrea@hp-sdd.UUCP (Andrea K. Frankel)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Division
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In article <8196@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> dennisw@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Dennis Ward) writes:
>  3. At the DOS prompt, type PRINT  <filename>.  This  tells  the  DOS
>  print command to send the file to your plotter.  
>
>       EXAMPLE:  C:>print hpgl.txt 
>

It is a little safer to use

       C:>copy /b hpgl.txt com1:

The "/b" tells DOS to keep its mitts off the data and just pass it on
through, not adding any control characters nor processing any.  This is
more critical for PCL files (e.g., LaserJet graphics files) where the
raster data can contain the ASCII end-of-file character which causes
DOS to stop sending at that point.  

But even for plotters, depending on the application that produced your
HP-GL files, you may run into a label command that spans more than one
line, in which case any added CR-LF would show up in the middle of the
plotted text string!  And there are other similar problems that can
arise.  "Copy /b" is what I use, with no problem (once the port has
been set up and the plotter set up to match!).


Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664
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