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- -- DEVICE INFORMATION FILE FOR COLOR POSTSCRIPT OUTPUT DEVICES --
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- -- ******** Attention all programmers: you must document any ******** --
- -- ******** and all changes you make to this file at the top! ******* --
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- -- COMMUNICATIONS PARAMETERS
- -- +-- commications port number 0 = use default file name below
- -- | 1 to 4 = SERIAL ports COM1 to COM4
- -- | -1 to -3 = PARALLEL ports LPT1 to LPT3
- -- | -4 to -6 = PARALLEL ports LPT1 to LPT3
- -- | (using direct, hardware I/O)
- -- | SERIAL PORT PARAMETERS (default = 9600 baud, none, 1 stop, 8 data)
- -- | +------------------------------------------- BAUD RATE
- -- | | +------------------------------ PARITY 0 = 9600
- -- | | | +---------------- STOP BITS 0 = NONE 1 = 300
- -- | | | | +-- DATA BITS 0 = 1 1 = EVEN 2 = 1200
- -- | | | | | 0 = 8 1 = 1 2 = ODD 3 = 2400
- -- | | | | | 7 = 7 2 = 2 4 = 4800
- -- | | | | | 8 = 8 5 = 9600
- -- | | | | | 6 = 19200
- -- | | | | | 7 = 38400
- -- | | | | | 8 = 57600
- -- v v v v v
- 101 2
-
- -- DEFAULT FILE NAME to use if communication port is '0' (above)
- -- and file name or port number is not given at plot time
- 19 PD_PLOT.CPS
-
- -- +--+----------- Smallest, largest pen numbers
- -- | | +-------- Do pen changing optimization { good for plotters, }
- -- | | | +------ Do pen movement optimization { bad for printers! }
- -- | | | | +-- lineto buffer size (output a stroke after
- -- | | | | | this many lineto's in a row)
- -- V V V V V
- 102 1 16 0 0 20
- -- The lineto buffer count (line 102) is used so that you may specify
- -- how many vectors in a single stroke can be output. This helps prevent
- -- overflowing printer's vector buffer, which cuases postscript devices
- -- to abort plots.
-
- -- Line font definitions in ASCII strings
- 2 '1 1 ' ;--font 1
- 3 '2 2 ' ;--font 2
- 4 '3 3 ' ;--font 3
- 5 '4 4 ' ;--font 4
- 6 '5 5 ' ;--font 5
- 7 '6 6 ' ;--font 6
- 8 '3 6 9 12 15 18 ' ;--font 7
- -- The line fonts are in the defined UNITS PER INCH - see lines 10 and 103.
- -- The first number is the initial pen down, then pen up, then pen down, etc...
- -- MAXIMUM LENGTH IS SIXTEEN CHARACTERS!!
-
- --
- -- +-+- Swap x/y axis for each paper size (0 = no, 1 = yes)
- -- V V
- 105 1 0
- 1 'A AY ' --'SIZE' words (must have space at end)
-
- --Plot size in UNITS PER INCH
- -- xmin ymin xmax ymax
- 201 75 113 3225 2465 -- ANSI Engineering A @ 300 ppi
- 202 113 75 2465 3225 -- ANSI Engineering AY @ 300 ppi
-
- -- Defined plotter units per inch are:
- -- +---X & Y plotter units per inch
- -- V
- 103 300
- 10 '300 '
- -- Both line 103 and line 10 should say the same thing!!
- -- one number is the ASCII number used to scale the postscript
- -- device, and the other is the number passed back into GCD to
- -- set up the appropriate numbers for plotting.
-
- -- PREDEFINED COMMAND STRINGS
- -- format for these must be as follows:
- -- +-- string name, up to eight characters, ending with a space
- -- | +-- plotter commands up to 55 characters. Any characters
- -- | | allowable, control codes must be formatted in '#n#'-style
- -- | | notation. This data will be sent verbatim to the plotter
- -- | | so any base conversion or bias must already be incorporated
- -- v v
- -- 'NAME plotter command data'
-
- 20 'RESET #4#'
- --21 'OFFLINE '
- 22 'FEED SHOWPAGE#13#'
- --23 ''
- --24 ''
- --25
- --26
- --27
- --28
-
- -- PREFIX AND SUFFIX STRINGS:
- -- data must be in quotes (single or double) names are case sensitive
- -- EXAMPLE: 'RESET "some plotter data" DUPLEX'
- -- NAME(s) of Predefined string(s) or data to send BEFORE PLOT
- --29 ''
- -- NAME(s) of Predefined string(s) or data to send AFTER PLOT
- --30 ''
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