Three programs, LASER, LASERS, and RLASER, are included to convert the LONGLIB metafile into a printable file in the QMS QUIC laser printer control language. Line width and line types are supported though color is not. Programs LASERS and RLASER "strip" the metafile into 8.5 by 11 page strips while LASER does not do stripping. LASER and LASERS produce a full size, normal orientation output, while RLASER scales the output by 3/4 and rotates the page -90 deg.
An example of the use of the LASER program in the VAX environment follows. The LONGLIB metafile input is FOR003.DAT. The output is OUT.LIS.
$ QMS :== $LONGLOC:LASER
$ QMS FOR003.dat ! run QMS metafile conversion
$ print/que=QMSLASER OUT.LIS ! print output to printer