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Re: Postscript files to dot matrix printers ?

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From: Colin Johnson
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:13
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In article <1993Jan28.010051.18902@netcom.com> fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
>Robert_Magee@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Magee) writes:
>
>>I belive there is a PD software called Go Script which does a creditable job
>>of printing postscript files to dot matrix printers.
>
>The name of the utility is GhostScript, and it can be found at Simtel-20
>in the PD1:<MSDOS.POSTSCRIPT> directory, under the filenames of GS252*.*
>and 25*.*.  Yes, there are a lot of files.
>
>It is not PD software, it is Freeware.  Yes, there is a difference.  :)
>

	To the best of my knowledge ghostscript will not print but it will
allow you to view just about any postscript file.
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Colin Johnson     	|When Knowledge Is Outlawed
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