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Subject: Re: Ascii file to postscript translator
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Date: 4 Mar 88 00:20:37 GMT
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This MSDOS program was written by a friend of mine. I'd upload it for ShareWare
if someone would tell me where and how from my Xerox 6085 running XDE.
The following is from the doc:
Program Name:		PSLIST(c) - PostScript(tm) Lister
Version:		1.10 of 5/04/87
Environment:		MS-DOS(tm) 2 or later, 256K RAM minimum
Purpose:		Prints ASCII and WordStar(tm) files on LaserWriter(tm)
Author:			Steven Fisher CDP
			PO Box 457, La Mesa, CA 92044-0080
Restrictions:		Copyrighted ShareWare
Price:			$15 per user or $150 per network
Input:			ASCII or WordStar(tm) files
			May also down-load Encapsulated PostScript(tm) files
Output:			Disk, port, or device (PRN: is default)
ASCII Features:		Prints all 256 IBM(tm) PC(tm) Extended Graphics via
			    Extend!(tm), otherwise control-characters print
			    as caret+symbol ("^x")
			User-defined pitch, tab width, margins, lines per page
Word
			    bold, double, italic, underline, strikeout,
			    subscript, superscript, cent-sign, paragraph-mark,
			    normal and alternate character widths,
			    Extended Graphics characters (see Extend!(tm))
			Dot commands
			    character width, line height, page length,
			    page offset, page number, page column,
			    page break, conditional pagination,
			    heading, footing, top margin, bottom margin

PSLIST(c) lets you print your WordStar(tm) "document" and "non-document" files
upon PostScript(tm) devices, such as the LaserWriter(tm).  It uses either the
built-in Courier font or the down-loaded Extend!(tm) font from DesignSystems.
Both of these character sets are fixed-pitch;  they are compatible with text
that was justified by WordStar(tm) version 3.3 or earlier.

The Extend!(tm) font lets you print any of the 256 IBM(tm) PC(tm) characters
upon a PostScript device.  I highly recommend it.  Get it for about $30 from:
	DesignSystems
	One Kendall Square, Suite 2200
	Cambridge, MA 02139
	(617) 577-8039

PSLIST(c) is controlled by command-line arguments.  This makes it suitable for
running from within batch files.  You may elect to have it send its output
either to a disk file for subsequent despooling, directly to a port, or to
a device driver (PRN: is assumed).  Full disk path names are supported.

To see the "help" screen, enter the command:
	pslist

To print an ASCII file ("pslist.doc") upon the default printer PRN:
	pslist pslist.doc

To print the WordStar(tm) 4.0 printer features file ("print.tst") to 
a disk file ("test.ps") using the Courier font (wrong graphic characters):
	pslist -w c:\ws4\print.tst c:test.ps

To print the WordStar(tm) 4.0 printer features file ("print.tst") to COM1
after loading the Extend!(tm) font to show all the graphics characters:
	pslist -dc:\util\fastfonts.ps -x -w c:\ws4\print.tst com1:

To list the control characters in the WordStar(tm) 4.0 printer features file
("print.tst") upon LPT2 for debugging:
	pslist -z c:\ws4\print.tst lpt2:

Extend!(tm) DesignSystems;  IBM(tm), PC(tm) International Business Machines
LaserWriter(tm) Apple Computer Incorporated;  MS-DOS(tm) Microsoft International
PostScript(tm) Abode Systems, Incorporated;  WordStar(tm) MicroPro International
	PSLIST(c) Copyright 1987 Controlled Information Environments