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From: bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End)
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Subject: Re: Is there a postscript driver?
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Date: 22 Mar 91 02:26:25 GMT
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In article <1991Mar21.165028.40516@eagle.wesleyan.edu> jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
=-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

There is an excellent ascii-to-PS filter called lptops that Tom Rokicki was kind
enough to mail to me upon my request for such things.  It does n-up, rotation,
many fonts, page headers, and page borders.  Since it appears to be freely
redistributable, I'll put it up on ab20 presently.

	For those stuck with programs that send stuff to PRT:, the
printer.device driver "Postscript" on hubcap.clemson.edu works well enough.