home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- HPLOT USER INSTRUCTIONS
-
- The program HPLOT (HP Plot) will plot two and three dimensional data
- on a HPGL compatible plotter connected to a serial port (COM1 or COM2).
-
- If the user types "HPLOT filename COMn" at the DOS prompt the
- program HPLOT will read plot commands from the text file "filename"
- and output HPGL plotter instructions to a plotter connected to serial
- port "COMn". If the parameter "COMn" is omitted it defaults to
- "COM1". The port "COMn" must have been configured with the DOS
- command "MODE COMn:baudrate,parity,databits,stopbits,P". The plot
- commands are a subset of the plot commands recognized by the SPLOT
- (Screen Plot) program; HPLOT does not have an interactive mode and
- does not recognize the commands intended for interactive use. Type
- just "HPLOT" at the DOS prompt to display a summary of the plot
- commands recognized by HPLOT. You can use the SPLOT program to display
- a plot on the screen then use the SAVE command to create a plot
- command file that the HPLOT program can use to produce a hardcopy plot.
-
- The HPLOT program pauses before outputing each plot to allow single
- sheet plotters to be prepared and to allow selected plots to be
- skipped. The "Prepare plotter" prompt will be disabled if the
- following DOS command is used to set a DOS environment variable:
-
- SET HPLOT=NOP
-
- The command "HPLOT filename hpfile" will send the HPGL plotter
- instructions to file "hpfile"; this file could then be transfered to
- another computer to be output to a HPGL compatible plotter. The file
- could also be included in a WordPerfect word processing document.
- However, there is a bug in the way WordPerfect handles certain HP
- character sets that causes letters and numbers produced by HPLOT to
- be misplaced and too small when output to a printer by WordPerfect.
- HPLOT will correct for this bug in WordPerfect if the following DOS
- command is used to set a DOS environment variable:
-
- SET HPLOT=WP
-
- Note that with the above DOS environment varible set, HPLOT letters
- and numbers will be misplaced and too LARGE when output to an HP
- plotter. Use SET HPLOT=WP/NOP to also disable the "Prepare Plotter"
- prompt.
-
- The HPLOT program has been tested on a HP 7550 plotter and on a HP
- ColorPro plotter.
-
- The HPLOT program is protected by copyright law; it is not public
- domain. It is provided with the SPLOT software and its use, other
- than for evaluation purposes, without payment for the SPLOT software
- is a copyright violation. The HPLOT program is provided "AS IS"
- without warranty of any kind.
-