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From: hall@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: ASCII -> Postscript Filter
Message-ID: <4315@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 13 Dec 89 15:45:06 GMT
References: <1252@corpane.UUCP> <166200002@S35.Prime.COM>
Reply-To: hall@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall)
Organization: AAI Corp AI Lab, JHU P/T CS Faculty
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drl@corpane.UUCP writes:

>I am looking for a public domain program to convert ASCII text to PostScript,
>so that I can use a PostScript printer connected to my UNIX box as a line
>printer.  (386 clone running System V Unix--ISC 386/ix 2.0.2).  If someone
>could point me to where such a beast could be found, I would appreciate it
>greatly.

Barry Brachman [brachman@grads.cs.ubc.cdn] posted such a thing to the net
earlier this year. He called it "lwf" for "Laser Writer Filter". It was in
comp.sources.xxx [unix or misc], and should be available in the uunet
archives. It works fine on my Sun, translating ASCII text into Courier
for my PS Printer.
				- Marty Hall
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