Re: Finding a solution for printing a dia diagram on large format printers

[Steve Litt <slitt troubleshooters com>]

On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 19:02:01 +0200
basaburu <basaburu basatu org> wrote:

> hello
>
> I need to print a planning map several meters long on a large format
> printer.
>
> The largest format offered in "dia" is an A0
>
> I need to print 1m vertically and horizontally indefinitely
>
> How can I get this?

One way is to just convert it to svg, and then edit it with an editor
or with Inkscape. Here's my shellscript to convert a dia file to a
plain svg file:

https://pastebin.com/JYu09cY8

My main reason for using dia is the nice sticky connectors. Once I've
finalized everything's position, I can just convert to SVG. I keep the
dia file in case I need to move stuff around again, in which case I can
reconvert.

HTH,


SteveT

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