Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!dont-send-mail-to-path-lines From: fgreco@dprg-330.GOVt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Postscript X server Message-ID: <9101042005.AA14618@fis1.> Date: 4 Jan 91 20:05:31 GMT Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Organization: The Internet Lines: 19 > > I think this subject has come up before but it seems to just dribble > away - it has to do with the feasibility of implementing an X server > that drives a Postscript device. Some advantages: > >etc. > > Does this sound feasible? > Has anyone attempted or is anyone attempting to do this? > Is this a good project to hire out (we have minimal X server, > Postscript experience) ? > ---- If you are using Suns currently, perhaps you should contact them regarding their $495 NeWSprint product. You send it Postscript and it'll rasterize it for a whole slew of hardcopy devices. Frank G.