Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi!caen!umich!vela!m.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!mips!wrdis01!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!news From: dklawite@darwin.helios.nd.edu Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: PostScript to HP Graphics Message-ID: <1991Apr2.161904.21513@news.nd.edu> Date: 2 Apr 91 16:19:04 GMT References: <1991Apr1.071130.24884@news.nd.edu> Sender: news@news.nd.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: NA Organization: University of Notre Dame Lines: 31 In article steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) writes: >[In article <1991Apr1.071130.24884@news.nd.edu>, > dklawite@darwin.helios.nd.edu writes ... ] > >> I would like to find a translation program that would take a Postscript >> program and produce a file that would print on a LaserJet IIx. Is this >> a just a dream? >> >> I have written the Postscript code to produce a form but would also >> like to be able to print the form on LaserJets (without an emulation >> cartridge). > >Ultrascript, a commercial program from Imagen, is a PostScript interpreter >that runs on a variety of computers and comes with output drivers for >a number of relatively dumb printers. A similar program is Freedom of the >Press. > >Perhaps GhostScript can do the same thing. Could someone comment on the >capabilities of GhostScript? Is it worth porting the MS-DOS version to the >Atari ST? > >---- > Steve Yelvington / P. O. Box 38 / Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047 USA > INTERNET: steve@thelake.mn.org UUCP: plains!umn-cs!thelake!steve > GEnie: S.YELVINGTO2 Delphi: YELVINGTON > The thing is I would like to translate the code into HP PCL/ HPGL not just interpret it. That's a whole different problem..... Klaw