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- From: dlj0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID L. JOHNSON)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: Xwd conversion to postscript
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.044422.79896@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 04:44:22 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- In article <1992Aug25.144529.1758@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu>, perlman@SMTC.engr.scarolina.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Aug24.192447.129967@hal.isc.toronto.ibm.com>, gordon@hal.isc.toronto.ibm.com writes:
- >>
- >> Hi:
- >>
- >>Does anybody out there know of any public domain or commercially available
- >>software packages that allows users to read in a colour xwd file and convert
- >>it to postscript, or encapsulated postscript, format ? If you know of any
- >>ftp sites that have such public domain software, or you have any information
- >>please e-mail to
- >>
- >> gordon@yoda.isc.toronto.ibm.com
- >>
- >>Thanks.
- >>
- >>Regards,
- >>Gordon Ip
- >Call Scott Tailor @ 800 732-2585.
- >
- Before you buy anything, try the following *free* solution to image transfers.
- Pbmplus provides all sorts of type-to-type bitmap transfers (except the format
- IBM uses on its pixmaps for the new desktop in 3.2, of course). Look for
- PBMPlus10dec91 (capitalization unsure). It creates a number of obviously-named
- little programs, like xwdtopbm, which converts an xwd to a pbm - usually ppm -
- format. Then get xv, which allows viewing of std bitmaps (gif, jpeg, tiff, pbm
- ppm, and PC, MAC, and Sun standards), and can save to postscript or about 5
- other formats. Finally, Ghostscript/Ghostview will allow you to preview the
- postscript and convert postscripts to bitmaps. All for the price of a phone
- call, and all running well on my rs600.
-
-
- --
- Sincerely,
-
- David L. Johnson ID: dlj0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
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