plotgbe Command

Purpose

Plots HP-GL files to a plotter device.

Syntax

/usr/lpd/plotgbe [ -fr=X ] [ -noin ] File

Description

The plotgbe command is a backend program which plots HP-GL files to a plotter device. The plotter device must be attached to a 5085/5086 workstation via the 5080 Attachment Adapter. To use the plotgbe command, you must define a print queue for the plotgbe backend program. See enq command, use the -o flag to pass options to the plotgbe backend for processing.

The plotgbe backend command also generates the appropriate HP-GL commands for plotter initialization and plot scaling. This data is sent to the plotter before the user-specified HP-GL file is sent. Thus, any scaling or initialization commands included in the HP-GL file override those generated by the plotgbe backend command.

Note: The user must have read access to the file sent to the plotgbe command with the print request command.

Flags

Item Description
-fr=X Provides for plotting multi-frame drawings. This option causes X number of frames to be plotted, where X is a number in the range 1 through 9. For example, plotting a 20' drawing on E-size role media may require 5 frames. Thus, the option fr=5 would be passed to the plotgbe backend.
-noin Allows plotter front panel settings to remain in effect for the current plot without being reset to default values. Normally, the P1 and P2 positions which define the plot page on the plotter are set by the plotgbe command to their default location. Use the -noin no-initialization option to override the default locations.

Examples

  1. To send the file longaxis.gl to the plt plotter queue and specify to the backend that the file requires five frames to print, enter: 
    enq -Pplt -o -fr=5 longaxis.gl
  2. To send the file plotdata.gl to the plt plotter queue, specifying that the plot page positions are not to be reset to default for this file, enter: 
    enq -Pplt -o -noin plotdata.gl
  3. To send the file twoplot.gl to the plt plotter queue, specifying no plot page initialization and that the plotter print the drawing in two frames, enter: 
    enq -Pplt -o -noin -o fr=2 twoplot.gl

Files

Item Description
/usr/lpd/plotgbe Contains the plotgbe command.