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From: cbm@well.UUCP (Chris Muir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Post Script
Keywords: ps post script postscript
Message-ID: <14095@well.UUCP>
Date: 13 Oct 89 22:45:39 GMT
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Summary:PostScript Viewer

As there has been a lot of discussion about viewing PostScript on a Mac
screen I thought that people might want to see this, from AppleLink:

 
INTERACTIVE POSTSCRIPT( PREVIEWER FOR MACINTOSH SYSTEMS NOW SHIPPING
 
West Orange, NJ, October, 1989--PS VIEW*, an interactive PostScript
compatible previewer developed by Pipeline Associates, Inc. is now shipping.
PS VIEW is a full implementation of the PostScript language and can run
either as a screen previewer or a memory device.  Key features of the previewer
are:
 
   %J The ability to specify at startup time the device resolution from
      10 to 600 dpi,the amount of memory to allocate to PostScript's VM, and
        the maximum number of path elements.
   %  The ability to interactively enter, edit, and execute PostScript code.
      Also, the ability to open and edit up to six different PostScript files
        and to execute any selected code with a single command.
   %  The ability to run any PostScript file.
   %  Identification of PostScript errors by file name and line number.
   %  Built-in support for NimbusQ, Alphatype, and Type 3 fonts.  Thirteen
      URW fonts (LaserWriter compatible) are supplied in NimbusQ
        format.  This is a hinted format developed by The Company and
        produces exceptional results at screen resolutions.  Over 1,000
        fonts are also available in outline form.
   %  The ability to save the output page in either binary, TIFF, or
      PICT formats.  This gives the ability to convert any PostScript file
        to PICT or TIFF.  For example, Illustrator files can
        now be further processed by paint packages to add special effects.
   %  The ability to resize and scroll the output page window and to
      view the entire output page at once.
 
PS VIEW* requires 2 MB or more of memory and runs on a MAC PLUS/SE/II
under System 6.0 and later.
 
PS VIEW is based on PS CLONE*, a PostScript compatible interpreter developed
by Pipeline Associates, Inc.  Pipeline Associates, Inc. is the
publisher of the PostScript Language Journal and has been active in
the PostScript area since 1985.
 
For more information on PS CLONE, contact Jordan Glogau at Pipeline Associates,
Inc. 239 Main Street, W. Orange, NJ 07052, (201) 731-7860 FAX: (201) 736-0732.
Contact: Josh Allen
         ImageSoft, Inc.
         2 Haven Avenue
         Port Washington, NY 11050
         (800) 245-8840
         Applelink: D2860



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