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PSRENDER
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 1 February 1999
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NAME
psrender - render
Mathematica
PostScript output
SYNOPSIS
psrender
-format device [option ...] inputfile
DESCRIPTION
psrender
is invoked automatically from within
Mathematica
by $Display.
psrender
can also be executed independently from the command line, but a more
general way to render PostScript is by using the
Export
command in Mathematica.
psrender
accepts
Mathematica
PostScript output from
inputfile
and converts it for display on
device.
If no filename argument is given,
psrender
reads from standard input.
The
device
argument can be any of the following:
-
-
-
illustrator
Adobe Illustrator Version 3.0
- eps
-
Encapsulated PostScript
- epsonfx
-
Epson FX series printer at 72 dpi
- epsonlq
-
Epson LQ series printer at 180 dpi
- ibmpro
-
IBM ProPrinter series printer at 60x72 dpi
- ibmpro24
-
IBM ProPrinter24 series printer at 180 dpi
- mgf
-
Mathematica
raster graphics format
- mgfcell
-
Mathematica
raster graphics notebook cell
- pbm
-
Portable bitmap RAWBITS file
- pcl
-
HP PCL Printer Language
- pdf
-
Adobe Portable Document Format
- psimage
-
PostScript image/colorimage
- psimask
-
PostScript imagemask format
- pspreview
-
PostScript EPSI Screen Preview
- tektronix
-
Tektronix 4014 graphics terminal
- tiff
-
Tagged Image File Format
- tty
-
Teletype
- xbitmap
-
X bitmap file
- gif
-
Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format
OPTIONS
- -outputfile file
-
Send output to file.
- -inputfile file
-
Read input from file.
- -mono
-
Display monochrome output.
- -gray
-
Display grayscale output.
- -rgb
-
Display RGB output.
- -width n
-
Set image width to
n
points.
- -height n
-
Set image height to
n
points.
- -xoff n
-
Set x offset of origin to
n
points.
- -yoff n
-
Set y offset of origin to
n
points.
- -dpi n
-
Set x and y resolution to
n
dots per inch.
- -xdpi n
-
Set x resolution to
n
dots per inch.
- -ydpi n
-
Set y resolution to
n
dots per inch.
- -landscape
-
Display in landscape mode.
- -stretch
-
Use non-square aspect ratio.
- -preview
-
Include a bitmap preview image.
- -pspath s
-
Set PostScript resource path to s.
- -psinit s
-
Set PostScript initialization string to s.
- -procset s
-
Preload PostScript ProcSet resource s.
- -epsinput
-
Use for EPS input files.
- -transparent
-
Use transparent background.
If device corresponds to a printer, the height, width, and x and y
resolutions are set by default to reasonable values for full-page
printing. Any of the options
-h,
-w,
-height,
-width,
-xdpi,
or
-ydpi
will override the default value, whether or not they make any sense for the
device in question.
The
-xdpi
and
-ydpi
settings
do not
affect the dpi of the output device, but only the transformation of the
input PostScript into its raster representation.
If a resolution is specified that does
not match the device's actual resolution, the actual image size will
not agree with the default full-page size or the
dimensions specified by the
-height
or
-width
options.
For example,
-
psrender -format epsonfx -xdpi 144 -ydpi 144
inputfile
will produce raster output with twice as many pixels in each
direction as are needed for a full-sheet image at 72dpi;
as a result the upper-left quarter of the PostScript image
will occupy the full printed sheet
on an Epson FX printer at 72 dpi, and the rest of the image will be
lost.
On the other hand,
-
psrender -format epsonfx -xdpi 36 -ydpi 36
inputfile
will produce a raster image that will only occupy
a quarter sheet when printed on an Epson FX printer
at 72 dpi.
ADDENDUM
The
-h,
-w,
-xdpi,
and
-ydpi
options have no effect for raw PostScript (-format eps) output
since no rasterization is done; the input is simply filtered to define the
Mathematica
graphics operators for the PostScript interpreter.
AUTHOR
Wolfram Research, Inc.
NOTES
Mathematica and MathLink are registered trademarks of
Wolfram Research.
Copyright (c) 1988-1999 Wolfram Research, Inc. All rights reserved.
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- ADDENDUM
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- AUTHOR
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- NOTES
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