Re: [ferret_users] Printing images

["William S. Kessler" <william.s.kessler@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Juliette -

I assume this means you are running the scripts on your machine and  
producing plots (?). In that case there are 2 methods: FRAME to make/ 
save a gif file (looks fine on the screen but prints pixelated), or  
Fprint (for making ps/pdf for nice [scaleable vector graphic] printing).

Both are described in the user manual.

For the Fprint method on a Mac:

yes? set mode meta     !  before issuing the plot commands:
yes? ....your plot commands....
yes? ppl clsplt              ! close the metafile
yes? can mode meta   ! close mode meta (must be done after each plot  
on a Mac)

=> now you will find a file called metafile.plt in the directory from  
which you are running Ferret
=> from the command line (outside Ferret), run Fprint with options as  
in the manual. E.g.:
Fprint -p portrait -l cps -o your_desired_filename.ps metafile.plt
(Try "Fprint -help" on the command line outside of Ferret)
This will make a postscript file. Convert it to pdf using ps2pdf or  
however you like to do it. You might find that lines are very thin on  
some printers. If that's a problem, search the mail archives for  
"thicken lines" or "postscript" for various workarounds.

Then you probably want to remove the metafile.plt files (Fprint  
renames to metafile_*.plt with a timestamp).

BK

On 29 Dec 2010, at 8:51 AM, Juliette Harrington wrote:

> Hi ferreters,
>
>
> I've been trying to print some of the images from the ferret  
> tutorials, but I'm not having much success. Is there a way for me to  
> save the graphs, etc., shown in X11, and then print them? If it  
> helps, I'm using a mac.
>
>
> I'm new to this, so sorry for a probably simple question.
>
>
> Juliette Harrington

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