As the man page for ps.select says, there should be a file
in $GISBASE/etc/paint/ps.devices with the name you are
selecting (large printer?). Check this file (it is ascii)
and look at the settings. You should see something like:
level: 2
page width: 8.5000
page height: 14.0000
...
Are these setting what you expect?
If not, you can create your own custom page size.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Brian Adams [mailto:brian.adams@fandm.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 2:29 PM
To: grass list
Subject: [GRASSLIST:2221] Changing Paper Size in ps.map
I have been trying to create a large scale map (18" x 24") using
ps.map. I set ps.select to the large printer, but when I run ps.map
and view the postscript file it only shows a quarter of the image. I
convert the file using ps2pdf then view it in Acrobat Reader. Acrobat
seems to be stuck on standard US Letter. However, I get the same
result if I view the ps file directly in Mac's Preview.
I am running grass 5.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.
Brian
I had created a new file for the printer by copying one of the others and then making the changes. It is
level: 2
page width: 18.0
page height: 24.0
top margin: 0.5
bottom margin: 0.5
left margin: 0.25
right margin: 0.25
resolution: 300
On Jan 14, 2004, at 3:45 PM, John Gillette wrote:
As the man page for ps.select says, there should be a file
in $GISBASE/etc/paint/ps.devices with the name you are
selecting (large printer?). Check this file (it is ascii)
and look at the settings. You should see something like:
level: 2
page width: 8.5000
page height: 14.0000
...
Are these setting what you expect?
If not, you can create your own custom page size.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Brian Adams [mailto:brian.adams@fandm.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 2:29 PM
To: grass list
Subject: [GRASSLIST:2221] Changing Paper Size in ps.map
I have been trying to create a large scale map (18" x 24") using
ps.map. I set ps.select to the large printer, but when I run ps.map
and view the postscript file it only shows a quarter of the image. I
convert the file using ps2pdf then view it in Acrobat Reader. Acrobat
seems to be stuck on standard US Letter. However, I get the same
result if I view the ps file directly in Mac's Preview.
I am running grass 5.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.
Brian
J. Brian Adams wrote:
> As the man page for ps.select says, there should be a file
> in $GISBASE/etc/paint/ps.devices with the name you are
> selecting (large printer?). Check this file (it is ascii)
> and look at the settings. You should see something like:
>
> level: 2
> page width: 8.5000
> page height: 14.0000
> ...
>
> Are these setting what you expect?
> If not, you can create your own custom page size.
I had created a new file for the printer by copying one of the others
and then making the changes. It is
level: 2
page width: 18.0
page height: 24.0
top margin: 0.5
bottom margin: 0.5
left margin: 0.25
right margin: 0.25
resolution: 300
Those files (and ps.select) tell ps.map what size the page is supposed
to be, so that it can position and scale the output appropriately.
Nothing in the resulting PostScript file will force the printer/viewer
to use the chosen page size.
--
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>