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- From: bvaughan@sheps.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan)
- Subject: Re: PostScript filter
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.142701.20442@Princeton.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:27:01 GMT
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- In article <BILLD.92Dec21161647@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM> billd@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM (Bill D'Camp) writes:
- >I want to hang an Apple LaserWriter off of a SPARC 1. Can someone
- >tell me where to find a PostScript filter which will convert output
- >for lpr, either public domain (ftpable) or commercial?
-
- enscript converts ascii text to PostScript and sends it to the printer
- (i.e., you don't need to use lpr at all, although you can redirect the
- output to a file and then print it.) However, you should be able to
- directly print ascii text using lpr, without converting it to PostScript.
-
- Barbara Vaughan
-