morro@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (03/22/91)
Hi there,
I posted this before, but I didn't get any replies so I thought
I'de give it another try. I have also some more information now, so
perhaps someone with PostScript expertiese might be able to figure out what
to do.
I am running into problmes trying to print a "metafile" on a NeXT
laser printer. Parts of the file (ca. 500 K) are included below. It is
supposed to consist of four squares (a la some window frames) each of which
has a wire mesh graph depicting wavefunctions of coupled harmonic oscillators.
It comes from a book called Quantum Mechanics on Personal Computer. According
to the instructions in the book, the files arew set up to work with a printer
using A4 paper which is what we are using (8.5 by 11). However, all I get
is an image about the size of a *very* small postage stamp located in the
middle of a page. To be sure, it is showing what it is supposed to show,
but it's pretty nearly impossible to view without a fairly large magnifying
glass.
I have played with it a bit on other systems (DEC 3100) and the
results are the same. I've tried changing the
.12 .12 scale
to something like .5 .5 and .8 .8 but as the image grows it also moves off
the page, heading towards the upper right corner. I've added a
-1720 -1720 translate
just by guessing, but still, by about .8 .8 scale the image is gone.
So, what I was wondering is whether there might be some *logical*
way of adjusting this such that the image would be of correct size and
would appear in the center of an 8 by 11 page. Thanks in advance for any
suggestions !
- John
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{pop rlineto}for stroke}bind def
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1 setlinejoin
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4 -8 0 1 1 -4 -2 2 1 1 0 0 7 2170 3169 1 p 0 4 0 0 3 2163 3180 1 p
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showpage
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