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From: tp@mccall.mccall.com (Terry Poot)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Postcript on Versatec 7444?
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.124357@mccall.mccall.com>
Date: 18 Feb 91 18:43:57 GMT
References: <1991Feb8.170324@mccall.com>
Reply-To: tp@mccall.mccall.com (Terry Poot)
Organization: The McCall Pattern Co., Manhattan, KS, USA
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In article <1991Feb8.170324@mccall.com>, tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
>Does anyone know of a way to output postcript on a Versatec 7444
>plotter? I doubt I'll find anything free, so vendor leads (and
>responses) are welcome. Basically, I'm looking for a postscript RIP for
>a Versatec 7444. Second choice would be host-based software that does
>the same thing (any host, if it isn't VAX/VMS we may buy one if it is
>the best solution). We need the full 44 inch width, with maximum length
>of at least 86 inches.

In case anyone else is interested, the only response I got (from several 
people, thank you all) was to look into Sun's NeWSPrint. Respondents varied
in opinion on whether a Versatec backend was actually provided, but most
thought it would be fairly easy to write one.
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Terry Poot <tp@mccall.com>                   The McCall Pattern Company
(uucp: ...!rutgers!ksuvax1!deimos!mccall!tp) 615 McCall Road
(800)255-2762, in KS (913)776-4041           Manhattan, KS 66502, USA