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[MUG] printing plots with G-4
Author: Edwin Clark    Posted: 21/09/2000 11:43:53 GDT
>> From: Edwin Clark I have a new Power Mac dual 500 MHz G-4 on which I have installed both Maple V release 5.1 and Maple 6. I have been using both for several weeks now. I am teaching a course using Maple so it has gotten a good workout. Everything seemed fine till today when I tried to print out simple plots such as the output of plot(sin(x), x=-1..1); On the computer monitor the plots look fine, but when printed on my Mac LaseWriter 16/600 PS I get a blank plot when using Maple 6 and a solid black plot area when using Maple V. Do you have any ideas what I might do. Edwin Clark ------------------------------------------------------ W. Edwin Clark Department of Mathematics, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, PHY 114, Tampa, FL 33620-5700 http://www.math.usf.edu/~eclark/ ------------------------------------------------------

[MUG] Re: printing plots with G-4
Author: Maple Group    Posted: 27/09/2000 17:13:10 GDT
>> From: Maple Group -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 07:51:04 -0400 To: From: "Gerald A. Edgar" Subject: printing plots with G-4 Edwin Clark wrote: | a solid black plot area when using Maple V. This bug is known. Change your monitor to 256 colors, then printing of embedded plots will work, even after you change back to millions of colors. -- Gerald A. Edgar Department of Mathematics telephone: 614-292-0395 (Office) The Ohio State University 614-292-4975 (Math. Dept.) Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1479 (Dept. Fax) -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- From: Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:39:32 -0700 To: Subject: printing plots with G-4 Dear mr. Clark, I think your problem may be in the number of colors you choose to use to display your screen and its associated Maple plots. I suggest you try to set the number of colors to 256. I had the same problem and reducing the number of colors in your display will allow the plot to come thru. Tom Casselman

[MUG] Re: printing plots with G-4
Author: Edwin Clark    Posted: 10/10/2000 02:10:04 GDT
>> From: Edwin Clark Changing the monitor to 256 colors works for Maple V--on a Mac G4 with OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 4.1.1. Thanks for the tip. But it does not solve the problem for Maple 6. Maple support suggests: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Once you have installed OpenGL 1.1.2, try restoring one of the extensions to OpenGL 1.1.4. This extension is: <OpenGLRendererATI> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- At first they told me to revert to OpenGL 1.1.2---when that caused more problems than it helped they suggested the above. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet. Does anyone else have problems with the new G4 with OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 1.1.4 with plot printing in Maple 6? Edwin Clark | From: "Gerald A. Edgar" | | Edwin Clark wrote: | | a solid black plot area when using Maple V. | | This bug is known. Change your monitor to 256 colors, then | printing of embedded plots will work, even after you change back | to millions of colors. | ------------------------------------------------------ W. Edwin Clark Department of Mathematics, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, PHY 114, Tampa, FL 33620-5700 http://www.math.usf.edu/~eclark/ ------------------------------------------------------

[MUG] Re: printing plots with G-4
Author: Bauldrywc    Posted: 19/10/2000 15:53:28 GDT
>> From: bauldrywc Folks, The plotting problem persits into Mac OS X where it will be extremely difficult to go back to OpenGL 1.1.2. Interestingly enough, running Maple in Mac-on-Linux on a LinuxPPC system works very well... Regards, Bill =================================== Wm C Bauldry, PhD Professor and Chairperson Department of Mathematical Sciences Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608-2092 ===================== phone: (828) 262-3050 fax: (828) 265-8617 http://math.appstate.edu/~wmcb/ =================================== | Changing the monitor to 256 colors works for Maple V--on | a Mac G4 with OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 4.1.1. Thanks for the | tip. But it does not solve the problem for Maple 6. | | Maple support suggests: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Once you have installed OpenGL 1.1.2, try restoring one of the extensions | to OpenGL 1.1.4. This extension is: <OpenGLRendererATI> | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | At first they told me to revert to OpenGL 1.1.2---when that | caused more problems than it helped they suggested the | above. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet. | | Does anyone else have problems with the new G4 with | OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 1.1.4 with plot printing in Maple 6? | | Edwin Clark | | | From: "Gerald A. Edgar" | | | | Edwin Clark wrote: | | | a solid black plot area when using Maple V. | | | | This bug is known. Change your monitor to 256 colors, then | | printing of embedded plots will work, even after you change back | | to millions of colors. | |

[MUG] Re: printing plots with G-4
Author: Don Hartig    Posted: 28/10/2000 01:45:20 GDT
>> From: Don Hartig > | Does anyone else have problems with the new G4 with > | OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 1.1.4 with plot printing in Maple 6? Yes, it's a nightmare. We have just upgraded (?) our Mathematics lab to Maple 6. We use networked iMacs with System 9.0.4 and cannot print, even when the plotsetup(gdi) trick is used. Same with the G4 in my office. We have set colors to 256. Help **************************************************************************** Donald Hartig | Telephone: (805) 756 1684 Professor of Mathematics | Fax: (805) 756 6537 Mathematics Department | e-mail: California Polytechnic State U. | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | USA | Web page: http://www.calpoly.edu/~dhartig ****************************************************************************

[MUG] Re: printing plots with G-4
Author: Mike May, S J    Posted: 03/11/2000 03:09:44 GMT
>> From: "Mike May, S.J." I found a work around that is not too bad. Maple 6 lets you export documents as RTF. If you then open the document with Word, it prints like a charm. Mike May, S.J. > >> From: Don Hartig > > >> | Does anyone else have problems with the new G4 with >> | OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 1.1.4 with plot printing in Maple 6? > > >Yes, it's a nightmare. We have just upgraded (?) our Mathematics lab to >Maple 6. We use networked iMacs with System 9.0.4 and cannot print, even >when the plotsetup(gdi) trick is used. Same with the G4 in my office. > >We have set colors to 256. > >Help > > > >**************************************************************************** >Donald Hartig | Telephone: (805) 756 1684 >Professor of Mathematics | Fax: (805) 756 6537 >Mathematics Department | e-mail: >California Polytechnic State U. | >San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | >USA | > > Web page: http://www.calpoly.edu/~dhartig >****************************************************************************

[MUG] Re: printing plots with G-4
Author: Mike Schmiderer    Posted: 10/11/2000 17:11:19 GMT
>> From: Mike Schmiderer The problem is Maple 6.0.x versus Apple OpenGL 1.1.3+. I have confirmed these two work arounds (Maple 6 only). a) revert to OpenGL 1.1.2 if you have OpenGL 1.1.3. Usually this is done in the system folder where OpenGL resides, some system administrators may not like this approach. Alternately you can just put the appropriate OpenGL files (OpenGLEngine, OpenGLLibrary, OpenGLMemory, OpenGLRenderer, OpenGLRendererATI, OpenGLUtility) in the Maple 6 folder (a good approach for network installs). Maple will attempt to load from its folder before the system folder provided you haven't loaded the OpenGL driver into memory from the system folder (which is what happens when you launch another application that uses Apple OpenGL before you launch Maple 6). Or ... b) print at high quality (menu Options->Print Quality->High). The print preview still fails but print out should be okay. If you have OpenGL 1.1.4 (newer G4) then try just reverting the OpenGLRendereATI file to 1.1.2. I have not confirmed this but have had a confirmation in the field. Note you can not revert from OpenGL 1.1.4 to 1.1.2 as it will crash your Mac. I hope this helps. Please advise if the above does not work for you or any new Mac OpenGL woes. Regards, Mike Schmiderer -----Original Message----- From: Mike May, S.J. Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:10 PM To: Subject: [MUG] Re: printing plots with G-4 >> From: "Mike May, S.J." I found a work around that is not too bad. Maple 6 lets you export documents as RTF. If you then open the document with Word, it prints like a charm. Mike May, S.J. > >> From: Don Hartig > > >> | Does anyone else have problems with the new G4 with >> | OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 1.1.4 with plot printing in Maple 6? > > >Yes, it's a nightmare. We have just upgraded (?) our Mathematics lab to >Maple 6. We use networked iMacs with System 9.0.4 and cannot print, even >when the plotsetup(gdi) trick is used. Same with the G4 in my office. > >We have set colors to 256. > >Help > > > >**************************************************************************** >Donald Hartig | Telephone: (805) 756 1684 >Professor of Mathematics | Fax: (805) 756 6537 >Mathematics Department | e-mail: >California Polytechnic State U. | >San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | >USA | > > Web page: http://www.calpoly.edu/~dhartig >****************************************************************************

[MUG] Re: printing plots with G-4
Author: Roberto A Sussman    Posted: 28/11/2000 17:26:47 GMT
>> From: Roberto A Sussman Hy I am about to install Yellow Dog Linux on my new G4 Cube, so it is very assuring to read that Maple runs well in Mac on Linux. However, Mac on Linux is an emmulator, doesn't Maple run much slower? Also: plots generated with Maple V R5.1 and Maple 6 on a G4 tower and the G4 Cube print well in Ink Jet printers (I've tried it in an Epson Stylus 600 and a Cannon BJ-something), whereas on laser printers the cursed black rectangle appears. I had the color settings to 256 and did not try printing with thousands or million colors. I am in no mood to change Open GL extensions, I think it is up to WMI to generate a patch to correct this nasty bug !! Roberto Sussman >>> From: bauldrywc > >Folks, > >The plotting problem persits into Mac OS X where it will be extremely >difficult to go back to OpenGL 1.1.2. Interestingly enough, running Maple >in Mac-on-Linux on a LinuxPPC system works very well... > >Regards, >Bill >=================================== >Wm C Bauldry, PhD >Professor and Chairperson >Department of Mathematical Sciences >Appalachian State University >Boone, NC 28608-2092 >===================== >phone: (828) 262-3050 >fax: (828) 265-8617 >http://math.appstate.edu/~wmcb/ >=================================== > > >| Changing the monitor to 256 colors works for Maple V--on >| a Mac G4 with OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 4.1.1. Thanks for the >| tip. But it does not solve the problem for Maple 6. >| >| Maple support suggests: >| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >| Once you have installed OpenGL 1.1.2, try restoring one of the extensions >| to OpenGL 1.1.4. This extension is: <OpenGLRendererATI> >| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >| >| At first they told me to revert to OpenGL 1.1.2---when that >| caused more problems than it helped they suggested the >| above. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet. >| >| Does anyone else have problems with the new G4 with >| OS 9.0.4 and OpenGL 1.1.4 with plot printing in Maple 6? >| >| Edwin Clark >| >| | From: "Gerald A. Edgar" >| | >| | Edwin Clark wrote: >| | | a solid black plot area when using Maple V. >| | >| | This bug is known. Change your monitor to 256 colors, then >| | printing of embedded plots will work, even after you change back >| | to millions of colors. >| | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Roberto A Sussman, Investigador Titular A, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, Circuito Exterior, C.U., Mexico D.F., 04510 * Tel. +52-5-622-4690 al 92 * Fax. +52-5-622-4693 * email * web http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~sussman http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~unamaple

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