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From: jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Is there a postscript driver?
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.165028.40516@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 91 21:50:28 GMT
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In article <23Oj02iv06qN01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, rzv30@cccvm.ccc.amdahl.com (Rene Vega) writes:
> I take it you're looking for a printer.device driver that talks to a printer in 
> postscript emulation mode. I haven't seen such a thing yet. I have the same 
> problem you have which is I leave my printer in Postscript mode since most of 
> the time I'm using a wordprocessor. On occasion I need to print a text file, 
> and it takes a while to reset the printer back to Laserjet mode.

There is a simple ascii-to-postscript conversion program (not a printer driver;
just a program which converts straight ascii text to postscript code, i.e.
can't handle any special formatting or text styles) now on
abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov,  /incoming/amiga/ascii2ps.lzh. Now includes source &
executable.. (thanks Richard!) pretty straigtforward to use, with a few
options... not too useful for word processing, since it only supports courier
font, but very very useful for printing out random stuff like program listings.
A reasonable substitute for a real printer driver until one comes along! (I've
never written one before but I can imagine that writing one which supports
proportional fonts could be a real hassle.)
-- 
James A. Treworgy    -- No quote here for insurance reasons --
jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu         jtreworgy@WESLEYAN.BITNET