> "The way we do it around here is to write out the plotfiles in hpgl
> format, ftp them to the mac and then use a program called Plot View that
> converts hpgl to PICT files on the Macintosh. Once in PICT format, any of
> the standard Mac drawing programs (we use Canvas) can read it in."
>
> I also think that the PlotView program is terrific!! (I know that
> someone in Oz doesn't like it though.)
PlotView will create PICT files from all HPGL output, including that
generated by the DISNMR/DISCXP/DISMSL programs running on the Aspect
2000/3000 computers.
> Another way, which seems to work is to save the file as postscript on the
> spectrometer, ftp it to the mac, and then use the program Ghostscript (I have
> version 2.5.2#3 which may be a bit old by now?) to display it on the mac
> screen. From this program you can save it as PICT (which can be read by
> Canvas, etc). 2D files are a bit slow to process (even on a Q700), but
> don't despair - it will work! 1D files should be a breeze...
Unfortunately when the original postscript drivers were written in the mid
1980's for UXNMR, ecapsolated postscript was not a common format for graphics
exchange. Remember the first platform to use Postscript a significant
anount was the Apple Macintosh introduced in 1984, about the same time as
the X-32 and UXNMR. Therefore the Postscript drivers do not generate EPSF
files. This will change in a future UXNMR release, however I do not know the
time frame for its release.
Ghostscript is a good choice to convert the postscript files generated by
UXNMR to EPSF. To speed up the handling and printing of 2D files on the
Macintosh limit the number of levels and the size of the plot. If you
intend to plot on a black and white laserprinter then set the color of all
contours to black.
Those of you that UXNMR/P can generate EPSF files directly.
As a side note the 3.0 release of Macintosh WIN-NMR will be able to generate
EPSF files directly. For those of you that have not seen or heard of the
3.0 release of Mac WIN-NMR it has been greatly improved with a new user
interface (WYSIWYG like that of a drawing program i.e. Canvas from Deneba),
more processing features added, and a lot more Macintosh "look and feel" has
been added. Significant improvements have been made in display capabilities,
including increased speed, multiple views of the same or different spectra,
improved cut and paste support as well as EPSF export. Also added were
more Mac features such as Undo/ReDo.
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