Postscript to Bitmap

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From: Fred Fierling
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 22:55

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I see many requests in this newsgroup for programs like Goscript, Ghostscript
Ultrascript, etc, which convert Postscript code into a bit map of one format or
another.

Is it not possible to send a Postscript file to a Postscript printer and then
dump back the bit map from printer memory?
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Fred Fierling     fff@mplex.bc.ca       Tel: 604 875-1461    Fax: 604 875-9029
Microplex Systems Ltd   265 East 1st Avenue   Vancouver, BC   V5T 1A7,  Canada

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From: fff@eng.UUCP (Fred Fierling)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Postscript to Bitmap
Keywords: Postscript, printers, conversion
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Date: 28 Aug 90 22:55:40 GMT
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Organization: Microplex Systems Ltd
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