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In article <Mar.28.09.59.41.1990.16759@topaz.rutgers.edu> elkins@topaz.rutgers.edu (George Elkins) writes:
>In article <2632@legs.UUCP>, freds@legs.UUCP (Fred Sieg) writes:
>< in article <1008@tahoma.UUCP>, gsds@tahoma.UUCP (K.C.Babb) says:
>< < Is anyone aware of an available utility which can convert
>< < PostScript (or EPS) to HPGL?
>[...]
>< If there is someone out there knowledgable enough to say yes or no to
>< the possibility of such a conversion, would you please post your
>< opinion. I think it would be appreciated by many.
>
>To convert PostScript to any other image description language you need
>a complete PostScript interpreter.  I suppose there are PostScript
>scanners/parsers already written or you could take a public-domain
>PostScript previewer and modify it.  It is non-trivial, unlike its
>inverse, the conversion of HPGL to PostScript.  PostScript is a
>full-blown programming language, while HPGL is essentially a series
>of pen-movement commands.

Also keep in mind that HP-GL is a vector-oriented language with text and
polygon capability, but no raster.  (HP-GL/2 adds some raster
capability.)  

SOME PostScript files can be converted to HP-GL, and some cannot.  If
you are looking at a picture that looks like it could be done on a
plotter (i.e., no bitmaps, no grey scales, simple fonts), a conversion
is feasible.  You'd be much better off trying to convert PostScript to
PCL5 (which includes HP-GL/2) for a LaserJet III.  There's a much better
match of capabilities there.


Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 592-4664
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