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From: brachman@cs.ubc.ca (Barry Brachman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: ASCII -> Postscript Filter
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Date: 13 Dec 89 18:33:38 GMT
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In article <4315@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> hall@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall) writes:
<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
<------------------------------------------------------
<hall@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu, apl_aimh@jhunix.bitnet, ..uunet!aplcen!hall
<Artificial Intelligence Lab, AAI Corp, PO Box 126, Hunt Valley, MD 21030

An updated version of the ASCII to PostScript filter can be ftp'ed from
cs.ubc.ca (128.189.97.5).  It's in tmp/lwf-2.1.shar.Z.

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