I need to print the code for a  POV scene for use in a large catalog display 
(SIGGRAPH) and wonder if there is any way to print out the code in color, 
using the display colors. I need the image to be better quality than a 
simple 72-dpi screen capture so figured I could print it out then rescan it 
at 300 dpi. Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated - color would 
really be preferable.
Thanks much.
Dennis

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"Dennis Miller" <dhm### [at] comcastnet> wrote in message 
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>I need to print the code for a  POV scene for use in a large catalog 
>display (SIGGRAPH) and wonder if there is any way to print out the code in 
>color, using the display colors. I need the image to be better quality than 
>a simple 72-dpi screen capture so figured I could print it out then rescan 
>it at 300 dpi. Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated - color would 
>really be preferable.
> Thanks much.
> Dennis
>
> -- 
>
> dhm### [at] comcastnet
> http://www.dennismiller.neu.edu
>

The Windows version has a 'Use colors' option when you print (the default).
Worked fine for me.

Regards,
Chris B.

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> I need to print the code for a  POV scene for use in a large catalog
> display (SIGGRAPH) and wonder if there is any way to print out the
> code in color, using the display colors. I need the image to be
> better quality than a simple 72-dpi screen capture so figured I could
> print it out then rescan it at 300 dpi. Any suggestions or ideas
> would be appreciated - color would  really be preferable.

If the colours don't actually have to be the same as in the Windows
POV-Ray editor, open the scene file with Vim and do :hardcopy (or
:hardcopy >file.ps). It will print with (colour) syntax-highlighting by
default, if it detects that the printer is capable of colour and/or
greyscale. (If it doesn't, you can :set printopts=syntax:y to force it.)

I suspect one of the many POVing Emacs users will tell you how to do the
same thing in Emacs.

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Hmmm, my default prints in b & w  - where do you find the Use Colors option?
thanks much.
D.

"Chris B" <c_b### [at] btconnectcomnospam> wrote in message 
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>
> "Dennis Miller" <dhm### [at] comcastnet> wrote in message 
> news:44635b22@news.povray.org...
>>I need to print the code for a  POV scene for use in a large catalog 
>>display (SIGGRAPH) and wonder if there is any way to print out the code in 
>>color, using the display colors. I need the image to be better quality 
>>than a simple 72-dpi screen capture so figured I could print it out then 
>>rescan it at 300 dpi. Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated - 
>>color would really be preferable.
>> Thanks much.
>> Dennis
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> dhm### [at] comcastnet
>> http://www.dennismiller.neu.edu
>>
>
> The Windows version has a 'Use colors' option when you print (the 
> default).
> Worked fine for me.
>
> Regards,
> Chris B.
>
>

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Totally weird, as
1.10.1.1.5
says the printout is always monochrome!!
best.,
D.

"Chris B" <c_b### [at] btconnectcomnospam> wrote in message 
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>
> "Dennis Miller" <dhm### [at] comcastnet> wrote in message 
> news:44635b22@news.povray.org...
>>I need to print the code for a  POV scene for use in a large catalog 
>>display (SIGGRAPH) and wonder if there is any way to print out the code in 
>>color, using the display colors. I need the image to be better quality 
>>than a simple 72-dpi screen capture so figured I could print it out then 
>>rescan it at 300 dpi. Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated - 
>>color would really be preferable.
>> Thanks much.
>> Dennis
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> dhm### [at] comcastnet
>> http://www.dennismiller.neu.edu
>>
>
> The Windows version has a 'Use colors' option when you print (the 
> default).
> Worked fine for me.
>
> Regards,
> Chris B.
>
>

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"Dennis Miller" <dhm### [at] comcastnet> wrote in message 
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> Totally weird, as
> 1.10.1.1.5
> says the printout is always monochrome!!
> best.,
> D.
>

We may have a different version. I have 3.6. The help on mine only goes up 
to 1.7 and a search on 'print' doesn't return anything.
Anyway. My printout prints in colour. When I go File, Print, the top option 
on the left says 'Use color', which was already selected.

I've also got PrimoPDF (which appears as a printer but generates PDF files) 
and that generates a PDF file in colour.
Furthermore, when I cut and paste from the PDF file into Word it retains the 
right colours (though if I cut and paste straight from POV-Ray it loses 
them).
I tried Powerpoint too and that pastes the PDF content as colour so long as 
you paste special and select 'Formatted Text'

If you want you could post the source file and I could generate a colour PDF 
file for you (probably best to use povray.binaries.scene.files for that).

Regards,
Chris B.

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Thanks very much for the offer. I just noticed that I was using 3.5 and a 
lot has changed in that print menu! So I got 3.6 and worked it out.
Thanks again for your offer.
Best.
D.

"Chris B" <c_b### [at] btconnectcomnospam> wrote in message 
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>
> "Dennis Miller" <dhm### [at] comcastnet> wrote in message 
> news:44639640$1@news.povray.org...
>> Totally weird, as
>> 1.10.1.1.5
>> says the printout is always monochrome!!
>> best.,
>> D.
>>
>
> We may have a different version. I have 3.6. The help on mine only goes up 
> to 1.7 and a search on 'print' doesn't return anything.
> Anyway. My printout prints in colour. When I go File, Print, the top 
> option on the left says 'Use color', which was already selected.
>
> I've also got PrimoPDF (which appears as a printer but generates PDF 
> files) and that generates a PDF file in colour.
> Furthermore, when I cut and paste from the PDF file into Word it retains 
> the right colours (though if I cut and paste straight from POV-Ray it 
> loses them).
> I tried Powerpoint too and that pastes the PDF content as colour so long 
> as you paste special and select 'Formatted Text'
>
> If you want you could post the source file and I could generate a colour 
> PDF file for you (probably best to use povray.binaries.scene.files for 
> that).
>
> Regards,
> Chris B.
>

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