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Re: PostScript engine in the DecStation

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From: Ken Lee
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1991 00:43
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In article <DA.91Apr10195112@igor.cs.brown.edu>, da@cs.brown.edu (David Ascher) writes:
|>    Is there any way to use the Display PostScript engine in the
|>    Decstation to do off-screen imaging,

You should be able to use Display PostScript on pixmaps (off-screen
images) or windows and then use XGetImage to copy these to client image
format.  You can do anything you want with the image data, including
converting to formats appropriate for your printers.

-- 
Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com
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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: PostScript engine in the DecStation
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Date: 11 Apr 91 00:43:23 GMT
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