brown@hpfcdq.HP.COM (John Brown) (06/27/90)
>> >> Doesn't produce quality results, infact it makes ugly black lines >> throught the printouts, and an occasional string of characters >> (very similar to a non-terminated char * in C). > >You need to specify "lp -oraw" or the output is processed by such >actions as tab expansion, page feeds, and cr/lf substitution. >This processing can make a mess of binary graphic data. Some >printer models also have trouble with mixing banner pages with >raw output, so adding "-onb" to suppress the banner might also >be helpful. > >Mike Stroyan, stroyan@hpfcla.hp.com >---------- Depending on the sort of hardcopy effect you're trying to achieve, you may find that you get better results on the Paintjet by piping the xwd output through xwd2sb and pcltrans rather than xpr. This works especially well for cases in which you want the Paintjet output to have colors which look similar to the colors on the CRT screen. Here's an example of how this can be done: xwd -nobdrs | xwd2sb | pcltrans -C | lp -dpj1 -oraw -onb Give it a try and see how you like the output from this compared to the output from xpr. Check your system's man pages for details on options for xwd2sb and pcltrans. John Brown