davy@RIACS.EDU (05/18/89)
According to the documentation for "xpr", I can use the "-height" and
"-width" arguments to set the height and width of a picture.
I have a dump of a root window ("xwd -root > file"). When I printed it
out with
xpr -device ps file | lpr
I got a 6x7.5 inch picture. I want a picture which is 5.2x6.5 inches
(same aspect ratio, but small enough to fit on a page in portrait mode
with 1-inch margins). So I said...
xpr -device ps -height 5.2 -width 6.5 file | lpr
And I got a picture which is 3x3.5 inches! Not exactly what I asked for.
I thought maybe the problem was that I was confusing "height" and
"width" and something weird was happening when "xpr" tried to preserve
the aspect ratio, but when I reversed the numbers above, the same
thing happened.
What am I doing wrong? Can I get a picture that's 6.5 inches wide by
whatever high?
Just call me confused,
--Dave Curry