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Subject: Re: HPGL format 
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> > Does anyone know how to convert this to something a bit more standard?
> 
> Like what?

Gif, or some other image.

> MS Word for Windows 2.0 had a reasonable HPGL import 
> module; it wasn't shipped with 6.0 but worked OK there too.  You ended 
> up with a WMF embedded in your Word document, but couldn't do much more 
> with it.

Hmm, could I cut/paste from it into something like paint-brush, and end
up with a GIF/TIF from it?

> Short of that, write your own HPGL parser; it's pretty trivial(*).

It'd be easier to print the darn thing and scan it, but we'd rather not
lose the resolution in the process.


Nate