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From: neff@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Dave Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Looking for postscript for HP Deskjet
Message-ID: <980006@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 91 00:09:20 GMT
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>Does software or a cartridge exist that can turn the Deskjet into a
>postscript printer?  I'm familiar with ghostscript, but I do not have a C
>compiler so it is not an option for me.

Since the DeskJet is not a page printer, a postscript cartridge for the
DeskJet is not feasible.  There are software packages that convert PostScript
to DeskJet (and many other) printers.  These packages are generally slow,
expensive, ram hungry, and in some cases buggy.  If you have a fast PC,
at least 2 megs, and patience the software packages might do what you
need :-).  I don't know which packages are the "best", but Freedom of
the Press (Mac only I believe) and Go-Script (PS only I believe)
are some options.

Dave Neff
neff@hpvcfs1.HP.COM