Another way I found to see Skymap type plots was as a JPG file. First run Skymap and after getting the desires sky trace (F10), hit the "Print Screen" button. Then go into a image viewing program like LVIEW, go to "Edit" then "Paste" and save as the desired file type. It does not allow you to print the plot like a normal HP-GL file but it should be viewable by anyone who can view a JPG file. Ron Lee At 12:38 97/5/09 +0200, you wrote: >Bruno Tilgner wrote: >>Despite all our high-tech gadgetry there seems to be no practical method >>to send high-resolution images electronically. > >If the image is a line-type drawing, with or without area fill etc., >you can save it as a HP-GL file (like the SkyMap plot file!) > >This can be sent to a LaserJet4 printer or similar (or a HP plotter) >, edited to extract (and enlarge) sections, or printed/viewed >with rasterization programs like PrintGL (max resolution of input file >32768*32768 ? default 1016 dpi). The output is still full device >resolution. > >In Windows, add a "printer" e.g. of type HP7475A, and connect it to >output port "FILE", and select that printer for program output. > >A similar technique is with PostScript to FILE, and a PostScript >emulation program, like Ghostscript 3.51 (for users who don't >have access to a true PostScript printer) > >And the files are text files, so they can "easily" be sent with >"all" mail systems (subject to size constraints). > > >-- > >------------------------------------------------------------ >-- bjorn@tt-tech.se (office) +46-8-59095783 -- >-- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) +46-8-7428086 -- >-- 59.22371 N, 18.22857 E AND member of : -- >-- http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle SeeSat-L / SeeSat-D -- >------------------------------------------------------------ > >