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From: fgreco@dprg-330.GOVt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: postscript to bitmap/raster
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Date: 25 Oct 90 13:43:27 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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> 
> I'm looking for a program that will convert a Postscript file  to
> a raster file, either bitmapped, greyscale or rgb tuples. 
> 
> We have a Matrix QRZ film writer attached to a Sun and  drive  it
> with  our  own  software that reads in raster files. I want to be
> able to send files to it from our  PC  applications  like  Micro-
> Grafix Designer & Apple's Mac-Draw. Postscript is a format all of
> these applications can write so the idea at this point is to  use
> a package that reads Postscript files and generates a raster file
> for the QRZ.
> 
> I was hoping I could find a display postscript program and change
> the  part  that writes to the frame buffer to write to a file in-
> stead. Could anyone suggest some source code to  start  with,  or
> even a commercial product?
> 
	Use the NeWS features of Sun's X/NeWS server to rasterize
	the Postscript.  Piece of cake.  Look up writecanvas in the
	NeWS docs.  Some of my colleagues have used this and a public
	domain CCITT G3/G4 implementation to create a little FAX server.

> -------------------------------------------------
> Joe Gotobed  (joe@arizona.edu)
> Network & Systems Manager
> Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
> University of Arizona
> Tucson, AZ 85721  (602) 621-4549
> 
	Kinda funny that as I got your posting, my root window is the X
	fullmoon bitmap, my cursor is a rocket ship and I have a NeWS 
	canvas with the image of Saturn all on my screen...

	Could it be Sunspots?    ;->

	Frank G.