[Magic-dev] Postscript plotting larger than A size

[Bertrand Irissou]

 Hi Tim,

 The 11" x 17" seems to work OK in ghostview .  However a landscape 
mode, 17"x11" breaks it... Here is the error:

Error: /rangecheck in --getinterval--
Operand stack:
   0.0   2805.97   ch   
(\011\011\011\011\011\011\011\011\011\011\011\011\011\011\011)   0   24
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   
%oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:


 Looks like it going outside the bounding box.


 I will look into putting  a scale factor in. I think this might be 
useful to others!

 Bertrand.


R. Timothy Edwards wrote:
> Dear Bertrand,
>
>> 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 ?
>
> I just did a quick test by doubling PS_width to get a 11" x 17" sheet
> size, and ghostscript (ghostview) had no problem with it.  What error
> is ghostscript giving you?
>
>> 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.
>
> Not difficult to add, but it hasn't been done.  Right now, the routine
> fits the data bounds (clipped to the cursor box) to the maximum fit in
> PS_width and PS_height (minus margins).  So you would have to hand-
> calculate the scalefactor.
>
>                         ---Tim
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