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Thanks, Jeff I didn't know about open.
Both preview and the OS X lp command allow printing of the ps file.
-Tom
On Apr 28, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Jeff Sickel wrote:
Thomas,
You should be able to use one of several options:
open plotfile.ps # should open in
Thanks, Jeff I didn't know about open.
Both preview and the OS X lp command allow printing of the ps file.
-Tom
On Apr 28, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Jeff Sickel wrote:
Thomas,
You should be able to use one of several options:
open plotfile.ps # should open in Preview.app, allowing
Following Steve's lead, I found this works :
9 grap plotfile | 9 pic | 9troff -mm | 9 tr2postplotfile.ps
lp plotfile.ps
The OS X lp does not convert postscript.
As far as I can see there is no plan9 lp.
Thanks, Steve
-Tom
On Apr 24, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Steve Simon wrote:
I am no p9p
Thomas,
You should be able to use one of several options:
open plotfile.ps # should open in Preview.app, allowing convert/save to
pdf
/usr/bin/pstopdf
ps2pdf# if you’ve installed ghostscript or other toolchains
Don’t forget, you may need to add:
9 grap
I use p9p to create plots in the usual plan9 way, and I can view them with
proof.
For example in p9p,
9 grap plotfile | 9 pic | 9 troff -mm |proof
produces the expected plot result.
But, I have not been able to find gs or other translator to use to print the
result on my HP PCL 3 printer
I am no p9p expert, but on native plan9 you would do somthing like
grap plotfile | pic | troff -mm | lp -dstdout plot.ps
This will generate a postscript version. Again on plan9 this is converted
on the fly by the lp printer subsystem into the apropriate form for your
printer.
You could
