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In article <4825@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>You didn't mention why you would want to do such a thing.  HPGL has nowhere
>near the power of PostScript.  There are no fonts, etc.

Oh, I'm sorry.  I didn't realize my motives were important.

Well, Vidiot, let's suppose I happen to have an HP pen plotter, for the sake
of argument, that needs HPGL as input.  Also, for laughs, let's suppose I
need to output D-size maps, and not, let's say, pretty PS fonts on 8.5x11
or 11x17 paper.

(Hmm, a problem.  I'll post, and see if I can get some clues from the net 
folks.  Maybe, if I'm real lucky, Vidiot will post, and enlighten me.)

>Personally I believe that trying to put PostScript onto a HPGL device is a
>big step backward.  If you have a SS2, you should have a PostScript printer.

Well, we do, a couple in fact.  Thank you for your obvious concern, though.
Unfortunately, neither of them support D-size output.  I have yet to work
with a PS printer that does.  Imagine that.  Ah, but if I convert our
PostScript to HPGL, then I can use it to drive our HP pen plotter.
Problem solved.

Later.
-- 
Scott McClung - SAIC
mcclung@archimedes.chinalake.navy.mil
(setq *disclaimer* "I speak only for myself")