Path: utzoo!dciem!c-art!klg!greg
From: greg@klg.UUCP ( KL Group Inc.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Xlib ---> Postscript
Keywords: Xlib Postscript
Message-ID: <120@klg.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 91 21:49:58 GMT
Organization: KL Group Inc., Toronto
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How are Xlib developers handling the problem of printing high-quality
output of the images rendered on the display using Xlib?

Ideally, I'd like a library with an API similar to Xlib, which would 
create a Postscript file. So when the user says "Print", the same
sequence of Xlib calls which created the image on screen, would be
"sent" to this library. The library would generate a Postscript
file suitable for printing.

Of course, this ideal library would have to deal with mapping X fonts
to one of the available Postscript fonts. And it would have to deal
with mapping from color to mono. And it would have to map from any
arbitrary resolution to normalized Postscript coordinates.

Does such a beast exist? Is anyone working on something like this?

Grabbing a bitmap from the X Server and twisting it into a Postscript
bitmap isn't good enough. As much as possible, I'd like to create
resolution independent postscript from Xlib.

TIA,
	Greg Kiessling - KL Group Inc. (416) 594-1026