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- ADI2TEK and ADI2COL
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-
- PURPOSE: Transform generic AutoCAD plotter output (ADI binary output files)
- into useful format for unsupported drivers. Two drivers are included:
- ADI2TEK - for output on 12 bit Tektronix type laser printers, such
- as DEC LN03 or QMS800 printers.
- ADI2COL - for output on DEC LJ250 (HP Paintjet clone) color inkjet
- printer in sixel format. (180 dpi resolution is used, with
- support for 8 pen colors: red, yellow, green, cyan, blue,
- magenta, and black - in standard ACAD order).
- These printers were chosen since they hang off of our local mainframe,
- and are the most handy output device for ACAD from my desktop.
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- USE: ADI2TEK file or ADI2COL file
- where FILE is the name (without extension) of a binary file produced
- by AutoCAD by the generic ADI plotter driver sent to a file.
- Both programs expect the file extension to be PLT. ADI2TEK will
- produce an output file named FILE.TEK. ADI2COL will produce an
- output file named FILE.COL.
- AutoCAD must be configured to plot to a "generic ADI driver", and
- instructed to write a binary file to the disk. The characteristics
- should be 390 dots/inch, 10.5 inch (X) by 7.875 inch (Y). Set up
- for 7 pens, and one linestyle. Don't forget to map the drawing
- colors to identical pen colors (this isn't default), or ADI2COL will
- plot everything red (pen 1).
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- COMPATIBILITY: AutoCAD 386 R10, although any ADI plotter file that uses
- the same format should work. Source code is included for any kludges
- or other device support that others might wish to add. (Microsoft
- FORTRAN, version 5.0).
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- NOTES: ADI2TEK is fast. It does an efficient filter of one data format
- to another.
- ADI2COL is a very slow kludge. It must rasterize each pen to a pixel
- map in memory, dumping each map to disk in turn. Then all pen files
- are opened and read in six lines at a time to construct a multi-color
- sixel output file. This requires about 300k memory, and about 190k
- of temporary disk space per pen.
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- SHAREWARE NOTICE:
- Use it. Abuse it. Rewrite it. No guarantees. Don't sell it.
- I don't expect anybody to send $$, however anybody brash enough
- to ask me for advice or support without sending a shareware
- contribution ($25 is sufficient) is subject to my whims. Registered
- users will get a clean (safe?) executable, and updates.
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-
- Copyright (c) 1990 by
- Jeffrey A. Casey
- 28 Brimmer St.
- Watertown, MA 02172
- (617)-924-0523
- casey@alcvax.pfc.mit.edu
- (or) 70411.573@compuserve.com
- (or) jac@pinet.aip.org
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