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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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