aduncan@rhea.trl.oz (Allan Duncan) (04/04/91)
I have need to convert HP-GL to output on a postscript printer, and have
a recollection that I saw such an item go by earlier this year, but
since I had no need of it then, let it pass. Silly fool I.
Allan Duncan ACSnet a.duncan@trl.oz
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Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.kirkham@shiva.trl.oz (Daniel Kirkham) (04/04/91)
In article <2869@trlluna.trl.oz> aduncan@rhea.trl.oz (Allan Duncan) writes: >I have need to convert HP-GL to output on a postscript printer, and have >a recollection that I saw such an item go by earlier this year, but >since I had no need of it then, let it pass. Silly fool I. > > On the Sun-4s, there is hpgl2ps installed in /usr/local/bin. Give that a go. I have the source, so it can be installed on other platforms (CFN permitting) if necessary. Here is the manual (not installed, I'm afraid): HPGL2PS((1L)) MISC. REFERENCE MANUAL PAGES HPGL2PS((1L)) NAME hpgl2ps - A HP (Hewlett Packard) plot command filter to PostScript SYNOPSIS hpgl2ps [-amr] [-l line sizes] [-s scale] [-x offset] [-y offset] [plotfile] DESCRIPTION This filter is used to convert the Hewlett Packard Graphic Language (HP-GL) 9873C plotter commands to PostScript. The HP-GL commands are a subset of the Roland plotter command set (RD-GL). The default conditions for hpgl2ps are: 1. The plot translation is from ISO A3 (420mm x 297mm) to ISO A4 (297mm x 210mm) on the LaserWriter. 2. Line thicknesses are in millimeters and are for lines (pens) 1 to 9: ( 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5 ) Note: If the plotfile is not specified then standard input is assumed. ARGUMENTS -a Draw on an A4 ISO (297mm x 210mm) sheet of paper. This will give an aproximate 1:1 translation to the Laser- Writer. -l line sizes This option allows the default line sizes to be replaced with different sizes starting from line (pen) one through nine. The new sizes (real or integer) are entered in a comma seperated string (line size) and are in millimeters. Only the sizes entered in the string will be changed with respect to lines (pens) one to nine while nonentered line (pen) sizes will retain the default sizes. In the following example only the first three sizes will be changed. eg: hpgl2ps -l 0.4,0.3,1 file | lpr -Plaser1 -m Enable the manual feed on the LaserWriter (cutoff time 3 minutes). -r Rotate plot(s) through 90 degrees. (The plot is made smaller) -s scale Scale the plot from 0.1 to 3 times its original size. -x offset Place an X offset (in mm) in the plot. -y offset Place an Y offset (in mm) in the plot. Note: Offsets are with respect to the 0, 0 (origin) of the HP-GL / RD-GL plotting commands, thus if the minimum plot- ting coordinates are below either the X and/or Y zero axis then a positive offset is applied. Similarly if the minimum plot coordinates are above the X and/or Y zero axis then a negative offset is applied. FILES /usr/local/bin/hpgl2ps AUTHOR Don McCormick CSIRO Division of Applied Physics PO 218, Lindfield, N.S.W., 2070 Australia BUGS Some of the graphics commands are unimplemented and a warn- ing will be displayed. If this command is vital then it must be written into the code. No interactive command is suported. If any bugs are found notify damc@natmlab or damc@nifty or root. -- Daniel Kirkham, Internet d.kirkham@trl.oz.au Telecom Research Laboratories, UUCP {uunet,ukc}!munnari!trl.oz.au!d.kirkham P.O. Box 249, Clayton, VoiceNet + 61 3 541 6328 Victoria 3168, AUSTRALIA. FaxNet + 61 3 543 6026