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From: federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Postscript to HPGL
Keywords: HPGL Postscript
Message-ID: <326@actisb.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 89 11:17:25 GMT
References: <834@xilinx.UUCP>
Reply-To: federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz)
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In article <834@xilinx.UUCP> kevin@xilinx.UUCP (Kevin Kelleher) writes:
>I am looking for a program which will convert Postscript to
>HP-GL for output on a HP Laserwriter II.  I would prefer a
>'C' program for a Sun-3, but will take almost anything.

I don't think you'll find such a thing (but if somebody has written it
and wishes to share it, you've got my address!). Mapping the powerful
PostScript functionality to the rather poor HPGL syntax would be a
nightmare (if possible at all). I think your best bet is to take the PD
version of PostScript that's floating around and write the raster ops
needed for the Laserjet (you mean Laserjet, didn't you? The LaserWriter
is from Apple, and PostScript is it's native language).  Maybe somebody
has done it already, but I haven't seen it. In any case, I don't think it
makes sense to go from PostScript to HPGL.

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		Federico Heinz     "I can resist anything but temptation"
                                        -- Oscar Wilde
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