In this new window type:
xv &
Rightclick on the window that comes up.
A control window will come up.
| 1. Run XV |
| Open a new shell window using toolchest.
In this new window type: xv &
Rightclick on the window that comes up.
A control window will come up.
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| 2. Grab the window that contains picture |
| Make sure the window you want to print is on the top, i.e. it
is not coevered by any other window.
Press the 'Grab' button in the control window.
A dialog window will come up.
The XV windows will disappear. Now move the mouse pointer over the window
that you want to print and leftclick.
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| 3. Save the grabbed picture in a postscript file |
| Go back to the xv control window and press the 'Save' button.
Another dialog window will come up.
From the 'Colors' menu choose 'Full color' by pressing the 'Colors'
menu.
Type a file name under which you wish to save the picture in
the 'Save file' box (remember about the .ps extention).
Press the 'OK' button.
Another dialog window will come up.
It will create the file_name file in your directory.
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| 4. View the postscript file that you have created |
| To view the postscrip file you can use the ghostview
program. Type:
ghostview file_name This will show you the same thing that will be printed. If you do not like the result, do not go to the next section, make your changes on the design and start from the begining. If you like the result you can go to the next step and print out your design. To close ghostview leftclick on 'File' menu and choose the 'Quit'
option.
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| 5. Print the postscript file |
| Print the received file with the lp command.
lp file_name This command prints a text or postscript file on a default printer. lp -d printer_name file_name This command prints a text or postscript file on a printer specified by printer_name.
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