[comp.windows.x] Screen Dumps to non-Postscript Printers

mmg@creare.UUCP (mmg) (11/01/89)

With X comes the ability to get hardcopies of window contents.  In the 
implementation I am using, xwd is used to dump window contents to a file,
and xpr is used to output the file to a postscript printer (is this 
standard X?).  Unfortunately, postscript printers are expensive.  Is there
any software out there for dumping window contents to non-postscript printers
(like HP Laserjets)?

Please reply by email.  I'll summarize and post responses if I get useful
information.  Thanks.

			---mmg---

rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (11/02/89)

    Is there
    any software out there for dumping window contents to non-postscript printers
    (like HP Laserjets)?

HP has contributed xpr support for LaserJet and PaintJet printers that will
be included in R4.

mikeo@sae.UUCP (Mike Ovington Overhead) (11/09/89)

There is a utility called pbm (from Jef Poskanzer) in the
contrib/clients/pbm directory of the X11R3 distribution. In it
are utilities that will convert between several bitmap formats,
including xwd format and HP laserjet format. I have been using

xwd -root | xwdtopbm | pbmtolj -r 150 | lpr

to get screendumps from a Sun 3/50 for many months. It's not real
fast, but it works just fine.