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From: falk@peregrine.Sun.COM (Ed Falk)
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Subject: Re: Halftone Filters for Sun Raster Files Wanted
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Date: 22 Jun 91 01:25:32 GMT
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In article <20764@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue) writes:
>Does anyone know of a halftone filter which could be used to take
>an 8-bit-deep sun Raster file and print it on an ordinary Apple
>LaserWriter or other PS printer?

Don't halftone it at all!  The laser printer can do a better job of
halftoning than any offline filter ever will.  There's half a dozen
programs out on the net (see the pbm and fbm packages for starters)
that will convert an 8-bit image to a (big!) postscript file.  Just
print that postscript file (takes about 20-40 minutes) and there you are.

		-ed falk, sun microsystems
		 sun!falk, falk@sun.com

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