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From: jb@falstaff.mae.cwru.edu (Jim Berilla)
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Subject: Re: Displaying Postscript files on an IBM PC
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Date: 29 Nov 90 16:54:13 GMT
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In article <1990Nov27.214833.13048@evax.arl.utexas.edu> turbo@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Chris Turbeville) writes:
>
>>Have you looked at the goscript program?  It has facilities not only to
>>view but to print your postscript on numerous printers.

Is that the same as ghostscript?  Or is there another postscript clone out
there?

Ghostscript is a gnu program available from (among others)
wuarchive.wustl.edu in the gnu directory.

It will run under dos and display a file on an ega screen.  It will also
output to other devices including a laser or deskjet.  The laserjet output
is limited to 75dpi because of the pc's memory limitations.  It's not too
quick, either.  It requires turbo-c to compile.

It will also run on most unix systems, and will drive the laserjet at full
300dpi resolution.  On a Sun 3 it takes about a minute per page.  Some of
the fonts aren't quite right, and the justification is a little bit off.

Despite all that, I think it's a great program.  It's easy to get running,
and the price is right.  I only use it to run off documents that I can't
in any other format, and it serves my needs well.


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      Jim Berilla / jb@falstaff.cwru.edu / 216-368-6776
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