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PURPOSE:
"printpix" IS A PROGRAM TO PRINT FORMATTED PICTURES
ON THE LINE PRINTER. "printpix" READS THE INPUT PICTURE
AND BUILDS THE OUTPUT BY TAKING THE AVERAGE OF THE INPUT
SAMPLES WITHIN THE INC X INC SIZE BOX AND ASSIGNING THAT
VALUE TO THE OUTPUT PICTURE CHARACTER. SIMULTANEOUSLY,
A LINEAR STRETCH AND/OR THE COMPLEMENT OPERATION IS
PERFORMED ON EACH CHARACTER.
IN ORDER TO CORRECT FOR THE PRINTER ASPECT RATIO,
"printpix" DELETES EVERY 3RD AND 5TH OR JUST THE 5TH LINE
( FOR 6 OR 8 LINES RESPECTIVELY ) AND PRINTS A DOUBLE
PRINTED CHARACTER ON THE LINE PRINTER CORRESPONDING TO
THE PROPER DN VALUE FOR EACH SAMPLE IN THE LINE.
EXECUTION:
The following is the execution statement for "printpix"
printpix INP PARAMS
where INP and PARAMS are parameters discussed in their
respective parameter section in TUTOR mode.
WRITTEN BY: W. D. Benton September 10, 1974
COGNIZANT PROGRAMMER: Joel A. Mosher March 14, 1983
REVISION: New
May 8, 1995 A. Scop (CRI) Made portable for UNIX
PARAMETERS:
INP
THE VICAR INPUT DATA SET
SIZE
THE STANDARD VICAR SIZE FIELD
NP
INTEGER, MAXIMUM WIDTH OF
PICTURE IN PAGES
NC
INTEGER, INCREMENT FOR
COMPRESSING PICTURE
INC
INTEGER, SETS THE SCANNING
INCREMENT
STRETCH
TWO INTEGERS, LINEAR STRETCH
COMP
KEYWORD - INPUT PICTURE
COMPLEMENT
VALID: COMP
LABEL
INTEGER, NUMBER OF LABELS
HEAD
KEWYORD - SAMPLE NUMBERS ARE
PRINTED
VALID: HEAD
ASPECT
KEYWORD: PRINT ASPECT RATIO SIZE
VALID: LARGE,SMALL
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