Creating An HPGL (Plotter Or PLT) File In Fre

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:28:32 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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Symptoms: Customers would like to know how to export HPGL files from Freelance 4.0. Solutions: This can be done with the following steps in Freelance: 1. Select an HP 7475A plotter driver. 2. Select Print to a File. 3. Change the Solids to Fills option to Yes under Print Options, then select various cross-hatching patterns for the different colors. 4. Print the graphic, and a file will be created containing the HPGL (PLT) information. 5. Change the filename under print to be different for each plotter file. In Freelance, users have the option to select both a color and fill pattern to a shape. The pattern or color order does not matter. When the file goes through the convert process, these do matter. While in Freelance, customers should select a gray color (or any color) rather than a gray pattern. Customers must verify that the files are saved in "unlocked" mode (Select, Touch, Full Screen, Re-Arrange, Unlock) in Freelance. Otherwise, the files created in Freelance 4.0 will be blank or empty when viewed in Graphic Edit and/or View Document. Once the files are exported from Freelance 4.0, they can be converted using GRAPHCNV.EXE, or can be imported directly into WP 5.1. Like many graphics files, they may need to be inverted once they are imported.

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