HIS@NIHCU.BITNET (Howard Schreier) (02/01/90)
> From: "Joe Svec ACT Ph: 319 337-1112" <CCOSRSWY@UIAMVS.BITNET> > > I would like to do VBAR barcharts with annotations, etc on > SAS/Graph PC. I currently am using an IBM 3084 mainframe > with SAS 5.18 to do the computing and an IBM 3800 high speed > printer (which must use the SAS/GDDM interface to do all points > addressable graphics) to print the graphs on. > > Each year we must crank through approx 800 bar charts (ie: 800 different > values for CODE). Using the GDDM interface makes this EVEN MORE > expensive than it would be if it were just SAS alone. This year > we spent enough money on these 800 barcharts to buy a 386 machine > with tons of internal memory AND an HP LaserJet printer. > > Is there a different way to interface the IBM 3800 Model III > printer to SAS/Graph (ie: without going throguh GDDM)?????? > > Are there any other high speed "mainframe quality" devices > which put out 8.5" x 11" and use an inexpensive interface?? > (I've also tried a Xerox 6300 (??) Laser Printer which must > be run through a package called EPIC, which is about as > expensive as the GDDM/IBM 3800) LeRoy Bessler presented a paper at SUGI 13 which compared a GDDM driver for the IBM *3820* printer with a third-party alternative (Plot3820, from Image Research Corp. of Santa Barbara CA). He found Plot3820 to be considerably more economical. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \ Howard Schreier, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Washington / | (Using Version 5 under IBM OS MVS/XA) | / BITNET: HIS@NIHCU INTERNET: HIS@CU.NIH.GOV \ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/