Very Computer

: Under HP-UX 9.05, I wish to make dump screen dumps and print them
: out in color on our HP color laserjet.
: I am using:
:   xwd -screen | xpr -device ps | lp -d ColorLaserJet
: and still getting BLACK 'n WHITE copies !
: I can only get color by changing the device above to 'pjetxl', for HP's
: Color Paint Jet XL.  The resolution is not that great, and I hoped I
: could get better using postscript.

: Any suggestions ?  Any options I am overlooking?

  xpr is a very old program and has not been enhanced for several years,
  apparently because it is part of the MIT distribution.  The pjetxl refers
  to a late 1980's PaintJet printer (not the PJ-XL/300) which had only 180
  dpi resolution and limited color capability.  It has no code for PostScript
  Level 2 which is need for color.  For HP color printers such as the Color
  LaserJet, the DeskJet 1200 and 1600, the PaintJet XL-300 and other PCL
  color printers, use the following incantation:

  XPATH=/usr/local/bin/X11
  $XPATH/xwd -frame | XPATH/xwd2sb | pcltrans  -I -g1.9 -h10 -d8 | lp -oraw

  Be sure to use -oraw since the data stream will be binary.  Check the man
  page on pcltrans for the large number of options available to control the
  final image. This is a good string for a script that pauses for 3-5 secs
  to allow raising the window to be printed.

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From the man page:

 NAME
      xgrab - interactive front for xgrabsc, an X-Windows image grabber

 SYNOPSIS
      xgrab

 DESCRIPTION
      xgrab lets you grab arbitrary rectangular images from an X server and
      writes them to files or commands (such as lpr) in a variety of
      formats.

      xgrab is a front for the xgrabsc program.  Read the man page for
      xgrabsc for a description of the options presented by xgrab.  The
      xgrabsc program has more options than are presented through the xgrab
      interface.  In particular, xgrab does not allow you to grab areas of
      the screen by specifying numeric coordinates, or grab subareas of a
      window through offset coordinates.

      After selecting options from the various categories presented, press
      the OK button to have xgrab run xgrabsc to let you grab an image from
      the screen.  After you press OK, xgrab's window will disappear and
      xgrabsc will gain control until the grabbing process is finished.
      Afterwards, the xgrab window will reappear.

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Svante Dackemyr, SAAB Service Partner AB, S-581 88 LINKOPING, Sweden

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