[comp.windows.x] xdpr, xpr, xwd

merworth@cs.utexas.edu (Boyd Merworth) (12/15/89)

I've been trying to use xdpr to dump and print a screen dump under X11R3.
The X11R3 is running on an HP 9000/370 under HPUX 6.5.

My problem is this.  I run xdpr, select the window to dump, and during
processing get a broken pipe.  So, I use xwd with the -xy flag since I
have a color monitor; save the output in a file; use xpr to print the
output file on a LaserWriter, with appropriate flags for the
LaserWriter.  All I get printed is a black window.

If on the otherhand I do all of this for an HP Laserjet, I get the
screen dump.

Anyone else have this problem, seen this problem, have any suggestions
as to a possible solution?

Thanks in Advance.
-- 
Boyd Merworth
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Computer Sciences, TAY 2.124, Austin, Texas 78712
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lori@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Lori Cook) (12/27/89)

  Boyd
	Did you specify the correct -device option? For HP, xpr
  defaults to the HP LaserJet. For a LaserWriter, I don't know
  what it should be. What is the model of the LaserWriter? Check
  the man page for xpr. It says you have to specify -device lw
  for the LaserWriter. If this does not work, please let us know.

  Unfortunately, the -device lw is equivalent to -device ps. This
  code was not written at HP, we simple accepted it from MIT (sigh),
  and must be taken with a grain of salt when applied to our printers.

Lori A. Cook

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