Printing and Saving

Printing

Gsharp can print to any of the printers known to Windows. Select the printer using the Print Setup option of the Gsharp File menu and then print either with the Print icon on the command toolbar or with the Print command on the File menu.

If your computer is setup with a printer print your current plot now.

Gsharp can also output to a large number of internal devices including PostScript, CGM, GIF, PNG, JPEG and TIFF.

To create an output file select Output Image from Gsharp's File menu, specify the output type, the output filename and then click on Save.

Output your plot as a Colour PostScript file myplot.ps.

It is also possible to copy your current plot onto the Windows clipboard by pressing Ctrl-C. You can then press Ctrl-V in the destination application and your plot will be pasted in. Some application will also allow you to Paste (special) as an enhanced metafile. This has the advantage that the plot will print at a high resolution as well as look good on the screen.

Press Ctrl-C with Gsharp active. Start Microsoft Word with an empty document. Press Ctrl-V. Your plot appears in Microsoft Word.

Click below the plot and then from Word's Edit menu select Paste Special ... then Select Picture (Enhanced Metafile). Your plot again appears in Microsoft Word. Although both look similar on the screen the enhanced metafile will look a lot better on paper.

Saving

Gsharp plots can be archived using the Gsharp Script Language (GSL). GSL is a powerful programming language that allows you to create graphics, change Gsharp's interface, work with data and just about anything else, but if you just want to archive your plot you don't need to worry about learning it.

Click on the File Save icon of the command toolbar, set the file type to (GSL Script *.gsl), set the filename to myplot.gsl and then click on Save.

The GSL Script only contains the graphics that you have created, so if you want to use it again you should make sure that your data has been loaded and the canvas has been reset from whatever you were working on before.

From the File menu, choose Reset All. Read in simple.dat again (set the file type to Report *.dat, *.txt), then read in myplot.gsl (set the file type to GSL Script *.gsl). You should get back to where you started.

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