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From: monett_s@cho006.cho.ge.com
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Print Postscript font on 9-pin printer program wanted
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.091941.2390@cho006.cho.ge.com>
Date: 20 Jun 91 13:19:41 GMT
References: <2811@umriscc.isc.umr.edu>
Organization: GE Fanuc Automation, North America
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In article <2811@umriscc.isc.umr.edu>, 
    tsuming@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (Tsu-Ming Huang) writes:
> I am tired to go out to use Mac and make a laser copy each time I want to
> modify my document. I heard from my friend that there is some program which
> can print documents on ordinal 9/24-pin dot matrix printer which has 
> similiar quality as a laser copy, do you folks know where can I get such
> program?
> 
> -Scott Chu

Ghostscript from the FSF people does exactly what you want. I have been
hacking on it lately to clean up its 8 pin support. If you have a 24 pin
printer or better (like a Canon Bubblejet) then it will produce really
great looking copy. But, as it comes from the archive it uses low
density (120h x 72v) graphics on an 8 pin printer. If you are looking
for a previewer to see if your page is **going** to look OK when printed
on the laser printer then even the limited 8 pin support is useful. If
you want a program that allows your 8 pin printer to act as a high
quality replacement for your laser printer then you will be dissapointed.

The program comes with plenty of fonts and example pictures and since it
comes from the FSF people, the price is right.

Get it from prep.ai.mit.edu. You'll need both the program and the fonts.

( When I grabbed it a few weeks ago I got version 2.2. It has a bug in )
( the 8 pin support that was introduced trying to extend the support   )
( for 24 pin printers. The fix is easy (as long as you have a compiler).

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Steve Monett                        monett_s@cho006.cho.ge.com
GE-Fanuc; Charlottesville, VA