[Magic-dev] Postscript plotting larger than A size

[John Nestor]

Hi, Bertrand

I encountered this problem when trying to plot large size plots on our HP
DesignJet 800PS. My suspicion is that when magic creates the PS file at full
size, an overflow occurs in the plotter's PS interpreter.

My workaround was to do something like this:

1) set PS_width and PS_height to HALF the desired size

2) On the plotter, use the settings menu to 200% magnification

Hope this helps,

John Nestor

On 10/30/07 4:08 PM, "Bertrand Irissou" <bertrand at asicadvantage.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> My question regarding Postscript plotting is actually 2 fold.
> 
> First, has anyone had success plotting on anything larger than an A
> size paper ? I have tried B, C, D and E size, but to no avail...
> By using the PS_width and PS_height values in plot param, I have
> changed the paper size. Magic creates a postscript file but the printer
> crashes on the file. Similarly, ghostscript  chokes on the file and
> returns an error. Any idea ?
> 
> Secondly, is there a way to specify a scale when plotting to postscript
> ? Ideally a lambda->real size would be create (15X , 100X, etc..). It
> looks like this was done for PNM plotting.
> 
> Sincerely
> 
> Bertrand.
> 
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