postscript {base}

R Documentation

PostScript Graphics

Description

postscript start the graphics device driver for producing PostScript graphics. 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.

The auxiliary function ps.options can be used to set and view (if called without arguments) default values for the arguments to postscript.

The postscript produced by R is EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) compatible, and can be included into other documents, e.g. into LaTeX, using \epffig{file}.

Usage

postscript(file = "Rplots.ps", paper, horizontal, width, height,
        family, pointsize, bg, fg)
ps.options(paper, horizontal, width, height, family, pointsize, bg, fg)

Arguments

file	a character string giving the name of a file to print to.
paper	the size of paper in the printer. The choices are "a4", "letter", "legal" and "executive".
horizontal	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.
family	the font family to be used. This must be one of "AvantGarde", "Bookman", "Courier", "Helvetica", "Helvetica-Narrow", "NewCenturySchoolbook", "Palatino" or "Times".
pointsize	the default point size to be used.
bg	the default background color to be used.
fg	the default foreground color to be used.

See Also

x11, macintosh, Devices.

Examples

# open the file "foo.ps" for graphics output
postscript("foo.ps")

plot(xx,yy)# produce the desired graph(s)
## dev.off()# turn off the postscript device

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