ps.map / HP650C

[Jeff Rogers]

If you have this problem:

- Scenario:	You are using ps.map  and  plotting to an HP650C.

- Problem:	The plotter feeds out an excessive amount of blank 
		paper/media despite the choice of driver, the 
		designated scale, etc.

- Solution:	Try the Bourne shell script written by Scott Wade,
		USACERL-LL-R: " add.pagesize ".

            	This script is now available at moon.cecer.army.mil's
                /grass/incoming.

                An excerpt from the introductory notes in Scott Wade's
                script is added below.


#  This script is an attempt to deal with page size specification
#  within the output file of the GRASS program "ps.map".  
#  The need for this arose when plotting maps on a Hewlett Packard
#  DesignJet 650C large-format, color, inkjet plotter.  The plotter
#  was using 36" x 54" paper sheets for every plot, regardless of the
#  size of the map or the size specifications in the selected
#  configuration file (selected using "ps.select"). The plotter was
#  using a default length that is one and a half times the width of
#  the paper [ 54 = 1.5 * 36 ].
#
#  The "ps.map" output file is apparently missing a line that specifies
#  the plot width and height.  If the line is included in the output file,
#  the plotter will automatically cut the paper at the edge of the plot,
#  and no paper will be wasted.  The width/height specification is in
#  "points", where 72 points equal one inch.
 

--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> JEFF ROGERS
>>> U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories
>>> Champaign, Illinois  USA
>>> Internet: rogers at vinny.cecer.army.mil
>>> Telephone: 217/373-4420 x409