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Varkon System administrators manual


The driver for HPCL5 plotters

The hpcl5 driver reads from standard input, translates .PLT or .DXF format to HPCL5 format and writes to standard output.

Syntax

$VARKON_BIN/hpcl5 -sS -wsL -xX -yY -vN -kK

Options preceded by a minus sign should be followed by their value without any separating blank spaces.

Options

-sS

- Set scale to S. Float value, default = 1.0

-wsL

- Scale linewidth with L. Float value, default = 1.0

-xX

- Set origin.x to X. Float value, default = 0.0

-yY

- Set origin.y to Y. Float value, default = 0.0

-vN

- Rotate n degrees. Float value, default = 0.0

-kK

- Set curve accuracy to K. Float value, default = 1.0

Examples

$VARKON_BIN/hpcl5 <plofile.PLT >plotfile.HP -s0.5

Scales the image in plotfile.PLT to half size and writes the result to a new file named "plotfile.HP" using the postscript format.

$VARKON_BIN/hpcl5 <plofile.PLT -s0.5 | lp

Same as above but the result is sent to a spooled plotter.

$VARKON_BIN/hpcl5 <plofile.PLT -s0.5 -ws2.5 | lp

Same as above but linewidth is scaled by 2.5.

Comments

hpcl5 automatically recognizes if the input is in .PLT or DXF format. The -k option only applies to DXF format.

hpcl5 supports the WIDTH attribute for linewidth but not the PEN attribute for color.


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