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Date: July 12, 1991 19:34
From: KIM::PETRICK
To: @SM:ANIMATORS,@SM:ENGINEER
I have just put a new version of TEK in utl$exe:. The new version supports printing in black and white on the QMS printer next to Lois (LQ0:). Why would you want to do such a thing? Well, grayscale pictures are 1/3 the data of color pics, so they print about 3 times faster. Also, the QMS prints on plain paper, and so is quite a bit cheaper to print on. The output looks pretty good, especially if you just need to know shapes and relative scales of objects. The black & white mode also works on the Tektronix printer, but you have to save the output in a file, then do a "PRINT/QUE=TEK filename.TEK" to actually print it. How do I use this wonder? Easy, just specify '/BW' on the command line, as in 'TEK/BW file' or 'TEK/BW' (it will ask you for the filename in this case). When it asks you 'Print now and delete file?', a 'yes' will print to the QMS, a 'no' will save a black and white Postscript copy to a file for later. The other new thing is the '/DEFAULT' switch, which will accept all the default answers to the questions without asking you. This allows you to get a printout without answering any questions at all. A 'TEK/DEFAULT X.RAD' will print X.RAD on the TEK (in color) with no other input from you. All cels will be selected by default. A 'TEK/BW/DEF ZZZ.RAD' will print all cels from ZZZ.RAD to the QMS printer in grayscale. -- jim
Jul 12, 1991