Product Output Devices and Files

The Product Output menu can route output to many devices:

Printer

Postscript printers configured on you system.

Window

A color window on the local workstation. The display is generated by the IRIS host. This window can be exported to appear on a remove workstation.

Network

Sends product files to another system over the network or to a disk file on the system. The remote system can receive a socket notification of the file. The file format can be converted to any other format using "output pipes".

Archive

A tape drive or MO disk can be used to store data.

You configure the list of output devices in the Setup utility. See IRIS and RDA Utilities Guide (M212925EN).

For a list of output pipes supplied with the system see IRIS and RDA Utilities Guide (M212925EN).

Cartesian products can be displayed in a window using up to 32 data colors, with additional colors available of overlay and annotation. Any product resolution can be displayed. The standard IRIS display sizes include the following resolutions:

  • Medium. For 480 x 480 pixel displays.

  • High. For 720 x 720 pixel displays.

  • X-High. For 940 x 940 pixel displays.