Plotting in Concept

PLOTTING DESIGNS:
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o To get a specific design to work, check the startup.concept file for the
  following lines:
	set double_width 
	set local_plot 
	set plotter dylan
	set papersize A

o With this setup in startup.concept, hardcopies from Concept should be called
	with the hardcopy command:
		'ha a' or
		'ha a .logic.*'

PLOTTING IN 11x17
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The garden Cadence server (Dairy-queen) has been setup to service 'dylan'
(HPPS5si) with either two sizes of paper:

	A  	regular 8.5 x 11
	B	larger  11  x 17

o To select the larger papersize change the above line to papersize B
	i.e.:
		set papersize B

o Before sending the print command in Concept, 'dylan' must be setup correctly
  for 11x17 paper:
	- Open tray #1 and load in the 11x17 paper
	- Press the 'MENUS' button on the 'dylan' until 'TRAY MENU' shows up
	- press 'ITEMS' button to select tray 1's size.  
	- select the 11x17 size.
	NOTE: 
		When done printing, make sure to change the TRAY 1 size back
	to LETTER size and unload Tray 1.  Otherwise, the printer will try to 
	print everything in 11x17 size.

o The command line for Hardcopy within Concept thus becomes:
	'ha b'
	'ha b .logic.*'

note to sys admin for Cadence:
	Previous problems with printouts coming out in dotted or stippled
	patterns was due to incorrect settings in 
		/cadence/tools.hppa/plot/.cdsplotinit
	For the HP printer, to ensure solid black lines, the printer name 
	and type for 'dylan' was set to 'postscript1'.
suggested openbook help: 'Plotter Configuration User Guide'

PRINTING TO A POSTSCRIPT FILE:
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o Make sure the above settings are set correctly (e.g. papersize, printer-type)
o From within Concept, select Set.
	-> From the 'Set' menu, change the PLOT option to SPOOL (vs. the default
	   setting, LOCAL)
o use the 'ha (papersize)' command as above.
o postscript file will be titled 'vw.spool' in project directory

PRINTING TO AN ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT FILE:
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o set plotter to 'EPS' in startup.concept file
o From within Concept, select Set.
	-> From the 'Set' menu, change the PLOT option to SPOOL (vs. the default
	   setting, LOCAL)
o use ha a command
o EPS file will be 'vw.spool'
o The EPS file itself may have some trouble importing into Framemaker:
	- Delete the %%EOF from the end of the file
	- Change the Bounding Box value if the figure is not centered correctly
	  in the final postscript file. e.g.
	   From:
		%!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF-1.2
		%%BoundingBox: 0 0 1160 1520
		%%BeginPreview
	   To:
		%!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF-1.2
		%%BoundingBox: 300 0 1460 1520
		%%BeginPreview
	   will shift the image to the left in the final Frame postscript 
	   document.

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