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Article #1486Re: ASCII -> Postscript Filter
From: Marty Hall
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 15:45
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 15:45
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drl@corpane.UUCP writes: >I am looking for a public domain program to convert ASCII text to PostScript, >so that I can use a PostScript printer connected to my UNIX box as a line >printer. (386 clone running System V Unix--ISC 386/ix 2.0.2). If someone >could point me to where such a beast could be found, I would appreciate it >greatly. Barry Brachman [brachman@grads.cs.ubc.cdn] posted such a thing to the net earlier this year. He called it "lwf" for "Laser Writer Filter". It was in comp.sources.xxx [unix or misc], and should be available in the uunet archives. It works fine on my Sun, translating ASCII text into Courier for my PS Printer. - Marty Hall ------------------------------------------------------ hall@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu, apl_aimh@jhunix.bitnet, ..uunet!aplcen!hall Artificial Intelligence Lab, AAI Corp, PO Box 126, Hunt Valley, MD 21030
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!hall From: hall@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: ASCII -> Postscript Filter Message-ID: <4315@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Date: 13 Dec 89 15:45:06 GMT References: <1252@corpane.UUCP> <166200002@S35.Prime.COM> Reply-To: hall@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall) Organization: AAI Corp AI Lab, JHU P/T CS Faculty Lines: 17