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- Subject: Re: GS/OS Printing and Ghostscript
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- From: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu (James L. Brookes)
- Date: 12 Nov 1992 08:06:40 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.062108.2413@utstat.uucp>
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- In article <1992Nov12.062108.2413@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp
- (Philip McDunnough) writes:
-
- >There is a PD program called Ghostscript which takes Postscript
- >files and outputs them to a variety of printers. Is this available
- >for the GS? If it were, would the LaserWriter Postscript driver
- >for the GS support colour printing?
- >
- >Ghostscript outputs to virtually every printer around. It would be
- >a viable solution to those wanting inexpensive colour printing to
- >say an HP Deskjet 550C and many others.
-
- God, I wish there was. GNU (who did Ghostscript, btw) also has send/receive
- fax software, which is set up as a print spooler, effectively. You can
- email a daemon, and it will send faxes etc...really a very slick setup.
-
- Unfortunately, it requires ghostscript to operate. I FTPd the ghostscript
- archive, and was a bit taken aback to discover it had 1.5mb tarred and
- compressed source. Of course, lots of that is screen drivers for X that
- could be removed, but it looks like a very major project.
-
- I too would love to see it ported, but don't hold your breath. It's a very
- very massive program, and would take a lot of effort to port from what I
- can see.
-
- >Philip McDunnough
- >philip@utstat.toronto.edu
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