Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!ucsd!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-sdd!andrea From: andrea@hp-sdd.hp.com (Andrea K. Frankel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: comp.sys.hp Message-ID: <3343@hp-sdd.hp.com> Date: 23 Feb 90 20:37:55 GMT References: Reply-To: andrea@hp-sdd.UUCP (Andrea K. Frankel) Distribution: comp.sys.hp Organization: Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Division Lines: 28 In article niermann@grumpy.csg.uiuc.edu (Tom Niermann) writes: >I may be interested in buying a PaintJet printer if it can accept >Postscript or if there is a translator from Postscript to HPGL. I want to I think you mean PCL - PaintJet doesn't speak HPGL. >print color slides made using idraw. > >Does the Paintjet accept Postscript? No. >Is there a translator from postscript to HPGL? There are several Postscript translators that work with PaintJet. I believe that Ultrascript is probably your best bet for PaintJet since it handles color well (this is not official HP position, just my off-the-cuff impression from seeing a few of them). Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664 "wake now! Discover that you are the song that the morning brings..." ______________________________________________________________________________ UUCP : {hplabs|nosc|hpfcla|ucsd}!hp-sdd!andrea Internet : andrea@sdd.hp.com (or andrea%hp-sdd@nosc.mil or @ucsd.edu) CSNET : andrea%hp-sdd@hplabs.csnet USnail : 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, San Diego CA 92127-1899 USA