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From: dick@ucsfcca.UUCP (Dick Karpinski)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple,net.micro.pc,net.micro
Subject: Re: Epson To Apple LaserWriter Converter
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Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 03:31:33 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  4 03:31:33 1985
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Summary: Try Adobe

In article <424@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
>I've written a program in C that converts Epson MX-80 control codes to the
>equivalent PostScript necessary for the Apple LaserWriter to emulate an
>Epson MX-80.  (Don't laugh --- you can't configure a lot of existing programs
>to produce PostScript.)
>
>Does anyone on the net have suggestions for companies that might be interested
>in buying such a program?  Preferably, all rights to it --- I can't be
>bothered trying to advertise it and deal with customers.

I would say to talk with Andy Shore at Adobe, 1870 Embarcadero Suite 100
Palo Alto, CA 94303 (415) 852-0271.  Their TranScript does such for
ditroff, C/A/T troff, and such already.  It tends to make PostScript
nearly universally useful, which pleases me.

Dick

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