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PostScript Graphics

Syntax

postscript(file="PS", landscape=true, width, height)

Arguments

file the name of a file to print to, it must be a quoted string.
landscape the orientation of the printed image, a logical.
width,height the width, and height of the graphics region in inches. The default is to use the entire page.

Description

The file file is opened and the PostScript commands needed to plot any graphics requested are stored in that file. This file can then be printed on a suitable device to obtain hard copy.

See Also

x11, macintosh, device.

Examples

# open the file "foo" for graphics output > postscript("foo") # produce the desired graph(s) > plot(x,y) # quit and print the file out on a laser writer > q()