Jeff Nichols (jcn at rice.edu) wrote:
> I need help setting up setplot for GCG v8.0. The person who set up the program
> for the previous version of GCG is no longer here. We are running the GCG
> program on an IRIS workstation. I am not a computer programmer, so please
> make any suggestions understandable on a novice level ;-)
> --
> Jeff Nichols
> Rice University
> It's a dog-eat-dog world out there and
> I'm wearing milkbone underwear.
Jeff,
Locate the file 'sitedevices' in the $GCGSTARTUPDIR directory=wherever
the gcg8 installation is rooted.
make a backup copy of the file:
% cp sitedevices sitedevices.org
Edit the file
% vi sitedevices
if you have a postscript printer connected to the network called 'printer1'
you could add the following lines in order to make it available for
GCG graphics printing:
name -q -s p1q "|lpr -Pprinter1 -K2"
You must create an alias for this definition:
alias p1q 'postscript LaserWriter p1q'
Finish editing the file.
restart the gcg environment:
% source gcgstartup
% gcg
and test it by typing:
% p1q
This should produce the following:
Plotting Configuration set to:
Language: psd
Device: LASERWRITER
Port or Queue: p1q
Then try running 'setplot', the printer should be in the list of devices
available and try running 'plottest' to see that everything works:
% setplot
setplot SetPlot allows you to choose a plotting configuration from a menu
of available graphics devices at your site.
SETPLOT what graphics device ?
hp1 the hp plotter
xwind Your Xwindows workstation
biolp1
biolp2
biolaser1
biolaser2
adenin
plab
tek
p1q
Please choose one (* xwind *) p1q
Plotting Configuration set to:
Language: psd
Device: LASERWRITER
Port or Queue: p1q
%
% plottest
should produce the plottest output on your printer.
R:)
