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HARDCOPY

        [GTVL\]HARDCOPY [File] [/DEVICE FirstName SecondName]
        [/PLOT Destination ] [/LANDSCAPE] [/PORTRAIT] [/EXACT]

    Creates (and optionally plots) a "hardcopy"  of the current  plot.   The
    plot  is not destroyed  and  can be appended later by new plot commands.
    The default behaviour is to scale the GreG PLOT_PAGE (centimeters)  into
    the  output  physical  page.   This  behaviour  can be overridden by the
    /EXACT option,  and  in  a  restricted  manner  by  the  /LANDSCAPE  and
    /PORTRAIT options.

    The /DEVICE option first argument specifies which type of  plotter  will
    be  used.  The same devices recognized by command DEVICE are allowed for
    this option. PrimaryName usually indicate the graphic protocol supported
    by the device, and SecondaryName a variant of this protocol. For example
                   HARDCOPY File/DEVICE PS COLOR
    is used to create a Postscript file with full color support.  The device
    First  and  Second  names  are  defined  in the file "GAG_TERMINAL" that
    describes, in binary format, the protocol and options  relative  to  all
    the  devices  locally  supported.  Changes  to this file are done by the
    system manager using the gtvdef program.

    The /PLOT option is used to force immediate plotting and, optionnaly, to
    control which plotter should be used. Plotter is the plotter name, which
    defaults to the content of the logical name "GAG_PLOTTER".  If  no  file
    name  was  specified  for  an  immediate  plotting, the metacode file is
    deleted after plot completion, otherwise it is kept.

    Default  type  and  destination  can  be  controlled  by  logical  names
    GAG_HARDCOPY   and   GAG_PLOTTER,   in   the   user,   local  or  global
    dictionnaries.


 

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