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In article <1991Feb27.113843.23157@marlin.jcu.edu.au> zlraa@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Ross Alford) writes:
>In article <84380002@hpfcmdd.hp.com> edm@hpfcmdd.hp.com (Ed Moore) writes:
>>This may meet your needs.  I haven't tried it.
>>
>>PRINTGL DESCRIPTION
>>
>>PrintGL is a shareware pen plotter emulator for IBM/DOS systems.
>>
>>PrintGL prints an HP-GL (HP Graphics Language - HP 7475, 7440/17440 subsets)
>>plotfile on a matrix printer. HP-GL is widely supported by graphics programs
>>including AutoCAD, Generic CADD, MathCAD, SAS, Schema, and many more. PrintGL
>>has drivers for Epson, IBM, and NEC compatible 9 and 24 pin dot matrix
>>printers, HP Laserjet, Deskjet, PaintJet, QuietJet, and plotters, IBM ExecJet,
>>Quietwriter 2/3, and LaserPrinter, Canon LBP and BJ printers, Kodak Color 4,
>>and PostScript printers. It will also display plots with a CGA, EGA, VGA, EVGA,
>>or HGC, and output a .PCX or .IMG file.
>
>It sounds *very* good.  Does anyone out there know of a source for this
>available via FTP?  ...

As it turned out, nobody knew of an FTP source, but it is available by
sending a mail message to NETSERV@EMBL on Bitnet, with the line

GET DOS_SOFTWARE:PRNTGL.UAA 
                          ^(no, it really *is* UAA, but is uuencoded)

It is also, at least temporarily, now available via anonymous FTP to
marlin.jcu.edu.au, in the uploads directory.  

It really does everything claimed above, and more.  Output on a Deskjet
500 actually looks better than output done on a plotter using fibre-tip
pens.  You have a choice of 8 pen widths, and can assign them
individually to each of 6 pens on an emulated HP7475 plotter.  You can
also assign a coarse or fine dot pattern to each pen, meaning for
example that you can tell SAS to fill all the bars on a chart in
different solid colours, then have PRINTGL do the plot with bars in
different shades of gray.  This is considerably better than the only
similar software I've seen, which was fully commercial and cost over
$200.  

Ross
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Ross A. Alford                       zlraa@marlin.jcu.edu.au
Department of Zoology                +61 77 81 4732
James Cook University
Townsville, Queensland 4811 Australia