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From: ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Ian Farquhar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Starflight/PS
Summary: Pixelscript is a good postscript interpretor.
Keywords: Postscript, pixelscript
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Date: 20 Dec 89 02:36:34 GMT
References: <8912182350.AA20483@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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Reply-To: ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mq.oz (Ian Farquhar)
Organization: Macquarie University, Sydney
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In article <8912182350.AA20483@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 11TSTARK@GALLUA.BITNET (Timothy Stark) writes:
>
>   Another question.... Does anyone know any software that handler
>software will handle postscript files to epson-compatible printers?
>I want it badly because there are so many ps files! Also I have plt
>software that will handle hpgl files to epson-compatible printers.
>
There is a package that will print postscript on any preferences printer
(that can support graphics).  It is called Pixelscript, and is made by a
company called Pixelations.  It is priced - I think - at US$149.  They
have an ad in AmigaWorld.

I seems quite a competent Postscript implementation, and it supports all
of the standard operators with only a couple of very minor exceptions.
Naturally, it does not support the Adobe secret operators (eexec and so
forth), though this will only be a problem if you wish to use Adobe
fonts, or the later BitStream fonts.

Pixelscript has a very limited choice of fonts, something that is its
main failing.  There are tempora and alpine (Helvetica and Times look
alikes), as well as a couple of others that were on the disk but not
mentioned in the manual.

A word of warning, however.  It is SLOW.  A page that prints in a few
seconds on my LC-890 (16MHz 68000) takes half an hour on Pixelscript.

Despite this limitation, it is a good package and well worth the price.

Disclaimer:  I have no association with Pixelations, other than being
             a satisfied user of their products.

Disclaimer:  My opinions are my own, and are not necessarily those
             of my employer's.

Ian Farquhar
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia.

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