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- Path: sparky!uunet!qualix!reason!rthau
- From: rthau@qualix.com (Rick Thau)
- Subject: Re: PostScript filter
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.184823.4016@qualix.com>
- Sender: usenet@qualix.com
- Reply-To: rthau@qualix.com
- Organization: QUALiX Group, Inc.
- References: <1992Dec23.142701.20442@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:48:23 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- In article 20442@Princeton.EDU, bvaughan@sheps.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan) writes:
- >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
-
- Barbara,
-
- enscript is the command used to start the product Transcript. This is the Adobe
- product to convert the text to Postscript, and drive a full range of Postscript
- devices. The newest version is 4.0. More complete info is available through the
- mail server below.
-
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