> Wayne Watson wrote: >> I've used MPL a bit, and am wondering if there's a facility for sending >> graphic images to a printer, or putting them in some format like png?
you've already gotten an answer to the png part, but as for printing directly: I suspect you could make a pdf and send that to the printer with a system call, though it would be different on each system, and I don't know how any of those work any more (you used to be able to do "print filename" on Windows (or DOS, anyway!), and, of course, on *nix systems, "lpr filename" used to work. Another option is to use a GUI back end, but never bring up a window. You can use wxPython this way -- you need to create a wx.App(), and you may need to create a wx.Frame to put the MPL plot in (or you may not), but you don't have to Show() it. You an then call the wx printing code to print. I imagine it's similar for QT and GTK and TK. Note that for wx at least, you do need access to a Windowing system, even if you aren't displaying anything. HTH, -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
