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From: garvin@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Michael A. Garvin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Postscript painting program????
Message-ID: <2545@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 89 16:56:40 GMT
References: <1283@iesd.uucp> <11662@gryphon.COM> <35637@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: garvin@ncsuvx.UUCP (Michael A. Garvin)
Organization: Bill 'n Opus Campaign HQ
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In article <35637@bbn.COM> cosell@BBN.COM (Bernie Cosell) writes:
>In article <11662@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>
>}iff2ps, is a program that will convert IFF files to PS, and does
>}a very good job. It's freeware.
>
>It does a good job for what it does, BUT: what it does is gets you is a
>*greyscaled* rendering of your IFF file.  Those of us with access to *color*
>PostScript printers are out of luck -- there is no program I know of, PD or
>not, that'll talk IFF->colorPostScript.
>

     There is a program that will talk color PostScript.  It is Express
Paint (current V3.0) by PAR, Inc.  I don't know how well it will look (since
I don't have access to a color PostScript printer, but the output I have
done looks fairly well.
BTW: Professional Automation Resources, Inc.
     P.O. Box 1309
     Vancouver, Washington 98666
     (206) 694-1539

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Mike Garvin     garvin@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu     NCSU Computing Center, Raleigh,NC
Disclaimer:  I have no ties to PAR, I'm just a satisfied customer.
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