>
> Hello!
>
> I have never received answer to one problem I found using NCAR3.2 ictrans (or ctrans)
> instead of the old 'plt':
I don't recall seeing this message. Please be sure you are sending
your messages to "ncarg-talk@ncar.ucar.edu".
> In making a postcript file from a gmeta, I used:
> ictrans -e '1p' -d ps.color gmeta > img-trans.ps
>
> and (as I still have an old plt on an old sun ...)
> plt -q -f 1 -d ps.color gmeta > img-plt.ps
>
> Look at the size of the resulting PostScript file :
> -rw-rw-rw- 470425 Jan 28 11:22 img-plt.ps
> -rw-rw-rw- 7494379 Jan 28 11:22 img-trans.ps
>
> A ratio of 15.93 in the size.
> File from plt print quickly on a small printer and is OK
> File from ictrans print very slowly on a big printer and is also OK.
>
> As far as plt is no more supported, is there a work-around with ictrans
> to obtain reasonable sizes for the PS files ?
There is no current work-around available with ictrans to generate
smaller PostScript files. With the new PostScript driver that will be
released with Version 4.0, however, the PostScript file sizes will be
reduced by about 30%. In special cases (particularly in plots with
lots of polymarkers or cell arrays) you can get reductions by factors
of several hundred.
--NCAR Graphics Support
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