Outputting Multiple Plots to a Single Page Using a Printer
Refer to the “Plotting Multiple Measurements Per Page Using a Disk Drive,
n
located earlier in
this chapter, for the naming conventions for plot
files
that you want printed on the same page.
You can use the following batch
file
to automate the plot
hle
printing. This batch
file
must be
saved as
“do-plot.bat.
n
rem
rem Name: do-plot
rem
rem Description:
rem
rem
output HPGL initialization sequence to a flle:spooler
rem append all the requested plot
Illes
to the spooler
rem append the formfeed sequence to the spooler
rem copy the
hle
to the printer
rem
rem
(This routine uses COPY instead of PRINT because COPY
rem
will not return until the action is completed. PRINT
rem
will queue the file so the subsequent DEL will likely
rem
generate an error. COPY avoids this.)
rem
echo off
type hpglinit
>
spooler
for % %i in (% 1) do type % %i
>>
spooler
type exithpgl >> spooler
copy spooler LPTl
de1
spooler
echo on
For example, you have the following list of
files
to plot:
PI.XYlW.LL
PLuTOO.LU
PLOTOO.RL
PLUTOO.RU
You would invoke the batch print as follows:
C:>
do,plotPLOTOO.*
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