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> > In article <XD4XqB1w164w@coast.almanac.bc.ca> jtrumbull@coast.almanac.bc.ca  
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> > >We at Coast Personnel Services Ltd. have recently posted some attractive
> > >employment opportunities.  The response, for the most part, has been very  
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> > >as we have received many resumes via email.
> > >
> > >The problem that we are having is that some of the resumes we receive are  
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> > >postsript format, and so far, are not usable.  Please let me know what has  
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> > >done to convert these to ASCII - that is, if it is at all possible.
> > 
> > There is a system at either SIMTEL20 or garbo that may work - I think it is
> > called GhostScript, and it is huge. I will order it during the weekend,
>...
> 
> "Technical" yes!  About all I gained from a ten minute perusal of that _big_
> file was more confusion.  I want a nice, short, sweet, effective answer that
> will put the text into a readable format for my system ... please!

Postscript is a programming language, not just a set of control codes. Since
many programs that generate Postscript take advantage of the language to
either reduce the size of the output or emulate some typesetter, it isn't
possible to make a real 'Postscript-to-ASCII' translator. You can use
Ghostscript on your PC or Unix box, or send the output to a Postscript
capable printer. If you don't have a Postscript printer, but would like to
get hardcopy output, you should be able to get one of the computer service
companies or local electronic typesetters to print it for you. (Try
'WYSIYG' at 684-LINO, for instance.)

Ghostscript is large and does take a little while to put together, but you
should probably consider it if you are expecting to receive Postscript on
a regular basis. (It took me an evening to get it running on my PC.) 
Alternatively, if you have access to a NeXT computer, it will render
Postscript directly to the screen or printer.

- Richard Chycoski
  SFU Academic Computing Services
  richard@sfu.ca
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