Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!maxwell.mmwb.ucsf.edu!rodgers From: rodgers@maxwell.mmwb.ucsf.edu (R. P. C. Rodgers, M.D.) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Modifying a PostScript interpreter for a bit-mapped graphic printer Keywords: graphic printer bitmap PostScript BJ-10e Message-ID: Date: 19 May 91 16:54:35 GMT References: <9105171154.aa03216@art-sy.detroit.mi.us> Sender: daemon@cgl.ucsf.edu Lines: 21 In comp.lang.postscript chap@art-sy.detroit.mi.us (j chapman flack) writes: >It seems to me that it should not be impossible to take a PostScript >interpreter, like ghostscript, or Crispin Goswell's `postscript', or xps, >or some other net.postscript floating around, and modify it to produce >output for an inexpensive printer that can handle bitmapped graphics. This is exactly what Sun has done with NeWSprint. This product is so cheaply priced that (for Sun users at least) it wouldn't seem worth the labor of repeating the effort with another PS interpreter; it would be better to direct efforts at writing the small device driver required for the cheap output device (instructions for which are included in the NeWsprint manual). Cheerio, Rick Rodgers R. P. C. Rodgers, M.D. (415)476-2957 (work) 664-0560 (home) UCSF Laurel Heights Campus UUCP: ...ucbvax.berkeley.edu!cca.ucsf.edu!rodgers 3333 California St., Suite 102 Internet: rodgers@maxwell.mmwb.ucsf.edu San Francisco CA 94118 USA BITNET: rodgers@ucsfcca