On Tuesday 16 October 2007 10:00:55 am John Travers wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have a problem with the output of the ps backend when I use the xpdf
> distiller rather than ghostscript and try to save a figure from
> imshow. When I run the script below I get a blue square with
> ghostscript (as expected), but grey dots and lines with xpdf. With
> non-image based plot commands I get normal (actually very nice)
> results with xpdf. Any ideas? Thanks for any help!
>
> Script:
> =============
> import scipy
> import matplotlib
> matplotlib.use('PS')
> matplotlib.rc('ps', usedistiller='ghostscript')
> #matplotlib.rc('ps', usedistiller='xpdf')
> import pylab
>
> a = scipy.ones((50,50))
> pylab.imshow(a)
> pylab.savefig('tplot.eps')
> =============
>
> Machine details:
>
> xpdf version 3.02
> GPL Ghostscript SVN PRE-RELEASE 8.61 (2007-08-02)
> scipy 0.5.2
> python 2.5.1
> matplotlib 0.90.1
> x86_64 linux
> Ubuntu Gutsy (beta) AMD64 versionThese reports almost always turn out to be a problem with one of the external dependencies. I see no difference between the two results on my machine. pdftops-3.00 GPL Ghostscript 8.60 python-2.5.1 svn mpl Gentoo ~amd64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
