HP-GL/2 Language Plotter

Jill Schuler jschuler at ncg.nrcs.usda.gov
Thu Mar 30 16:03:46 EST 1995


%%From grass-lists-owner at moon.cecer.army.mil Thu Mar 30 12:50:26 1995

%%Can anyone give me some clues on producing hardcopy output from GRASS 4.1
%%(on Sun running  open windows)  onto an HP-GL/2 language Hewlitt Packard
%%DraftMaster SX ?

GRASS-MAPGEN has a driver for the HP650c plotter that supports hpgl2
language.  This driver will more than likely work on the HPDraftmaster SX.

The first 7 lines of the driver output use PJL (printer job language) to
set the hp650c in the correct mode.  These lines may need editing.

This driver reads a system or user defined .colortable/.width650 file to set 
pen colors and line widths.  The HPdraftmaster SX does not support this.  I
am not sure how it will handle this value added information.

You can always opt to set the plotter in hpgl mode and use the original
MAPGEN hpgl driver.

Jill
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Jill R. Schuler
USDA 
Natural Resource Conservation Service
National Cartography and 
GIS Center
P.O. Box 6567 
Ft. Worth, TX 76115
e-mail: jschuler at ncg.nrcs.usda.gov        Phone: (817) 334-5559 x3086





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