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AVS Modules					       output postscript(6)

NAME
     dump ps - convert pixmap	to PostScript and store	in file

SUMMARY
     Name	   dump ps

     Type	   renderer

     Inputs	   pixmap (required; pixmap)

     Outputs	   none

     Parameters	   Name		   Type
		   filename	   browser
		   mode		   choice

DESCRIPTION
     The dump ps (output postscript) module converts its input pixmap to the
     PostScript	page description language and stores it	in a file.

     After the file is written,	the filename is	reset to NULL.	This
     prevents subsequent changes upstream in the network from automatically
     triggering	the rewriting of the file.  A new file is written only when
     you enter a filename.

     Two types of PostScript output are	supported:

     +	 PostScript-compatible monochrome laser printer.

     +	 PostScript-compatible color laser printer.

INPUTS

     pixmap (pixmap)
	  Any AVS pixmap.

PARAMETERS

     filename
	  A file browser that allows you to specify the	name of	the
	  PostScript file to be	created.  After	the file is written, the
	  filename is reset to NULL.  This prevents subsequent changes
	  upstream in the network from automatically triggering	the
	  rewriting of the file.  A new	file is	written	only when you enter

	  a filename.

     Mode
	  Selects the type of PostScript output: laserwriter or
	  ColorScript 100.


EXAMPLE
     This example converts an image to a PostScript file:

	   READ	IMAGE
	       |
	  IMAGE	TO PIXMAP
	       |
	  OUTPUT POSTSCRIPT

RELATED	MODULES
     image to pixmap, render geometry, alpha blend

LIMITATIONS
     This module does not work on a 16-plane system.


Release	2.0			  Stellar	       dump postscript(6)
Modified 11 June 1990   w.bethel @lbl