Re: lp filter for PostScript printers

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From: Daniel A. Graifer
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1989 14:51

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In article <188@softest.UUCP> daves@softest.UUCP (Dave Schneider) writes:
>Does anyone have an "lp" filter for PostScript printers that
>changes ascii to PostScript and offers access to other PostScript
>features such as landscape, font and size selection....?

Our Prime EXL's came with such a beast, but I've also rolled my own as follows:

Find a piece of DOS or unix software that minimally supports postscript, and 
trap some of it's printer output in a file.  This will usually be a poscript 
program to emulate some kind of simple printer.  I snarfed the one from
Javelin.  Write a simple interface script that normally prepends this file to
all output unless the "POST" option is specified.  The latter will pass thru
output from postscript knowledgable software untouched.

Dan.

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From: dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer)
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Subject: Re: lp filter for PostScript printers
Keywords: lp, PostScript, filter
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Date: 25 Oct 89 14:51:50 GMT
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