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morrison
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fabio
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rprozorov
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 Posted - 07/27/2000 : 4:34:00 PM
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| I would recommend just the opposite. Create a finished graph of normal dimensions. Then make a layout page with this graph scaled to the appropriate (e.g., 8.5 cm for Phys Rev) size. Don't use EPS export of Origin 6.0. Just print this layout page to a fake PostScript printer. (I use "Apple LaserWriter Pro 810" whose driver is provided with Win 9X). The printer should be configured to output EPS into file (do it ones when installing the printer, i.e., Properties->PostScript tab). Ones you get the EPS file, open it in GhostView and add a bounding box. |
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morrison
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morrison
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rprozorov
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Posted - 07/27/2000 : 5:59:00 PM
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Regarding "PRINT LAYOUT PAGE METHOD"
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You are right about controlling the graph size on a layout page. What I do is to make the graph approximately 1/4 of a page. Then, in Latex I use:
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm,keepaspectratio=true]{yourfile.eps}
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About finial output there are a few things to check.
1. Orientation of a layout page and that specified in printer properties must be the same.
2. You must select "EPS" format in Properties->PostScript dialog of the printer properties (go to MyComputer, double-click Printers, Select "Apple Laser writer" and select File->Properties.
3. The output file will have *.PRN extention and you can open it in GhostView. You then export this image to EPS, which will prompt you to specify a bounding box. |
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fabio
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ru_pro
USA
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Posted - 07/28/2000 : 9:33:00 PM
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| EPS export does work (the key is to include AI format). However, it produces files 6 times larger than the printing method! Simple graph comes out about 270 kb (vs 54 kb when printing to 800 dpi resolution). With 5-6 graphs/paper it is not convenient to send >1 Mb. |
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morrison
USA
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Posted - 07/30/2000 : 3:10:00 PM
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| I have continued to hack this problem, using the excellent suggestions. Fabio is correct: the export option does work. The absolutely essential key, however, is to uncheck the Include TIFF Preview box on the Export Options page (rather than, say, remove the TIFF preview by hand). You can then put a TIFF preview back into the EPS file using Ghostscript so you can see the figure on the screen and when you print it (I was using PcTeX v4, but it blows up when I include EPS figures generated by origin, so I've switched to Y&Y TeX: it shows and prints the figure but screws up the font on the labels so you can barely read them. Sigh.) As ru_pro indicates, hoever, using the Export option generates a whopping big file (with preview, over 1 MByte), comared to 124Kbyte when I Print To File as rprozorov suggested. The problem with the latter method is that the quality of the (printed) EPS figure hinges on how big I make the (reduced) figure in the second layer. Since Origin doesn't provide a means to declear the size of the figure (so many cm by so many cm), it's hard to get all figures to the same quality. Moreover, the quality of the EPS figure isn't linear with size (a bigger figure isn't necessarily better). Why is it so much trouble to do this? Shouldn't something this common by easy in a sophisticated, expensive piece of software like Origin? Anyway, thanks for all the help. If anyone has any more suggestions, I'm game to try them! Cheers --- michael ------------------
Michael A. Morrison/Department of Physics & Astronomy/University of Oklahoma/Norman, Oklahoma. |
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Gary Lane
USA
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Posted - 08/03/2000 : 2:21:00 PM
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| Hi, To make an image file in Origin 6.0 SR4 having exact proportions:
1. With your graph window active select the Format:Page menu item and then select the desired units and dimensions.
2. Select the Tools:Options menu item, the Page tab, select 100 for Ratio, Page for Margin Control, and check the Keep Size radio button.
3. Select File:Export Page and export a file of type EPS.
Other features/techniques you might want to try:
1. Adjust the Ratio and Margin Control settings mentioned above as desired (while on the Page tab in the Options dialog box press the F1 function key for context sensitive help).
2. Instead of changing the page size as described above change the layer size (Format:Layer:Size/Speed tab) and then select Tight or Border for Margin Control.
3. Add a Post Script printer driver to your Printers folder that prints to file and that supports a custom page size. Then, print to file to create the EPS file. For on-line documentation outlining this procedure select the OriginLab Knowledge Base and search on the keywords "Alternative EPS".
For an example LaTeX script containing an inserted EPS image file (generated by Origin) download the zip file LaTeX.ZIP. I hope these additions to the fine suggestions above are helpful. -Gary [This message has been edited by Gary Lane (edited 08-03-2000).] |
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