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Article #3369Re: PostScript to ASCII utility
From: Geoffrey H. Cooper
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 1990 22:39
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 1990 22:39
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In article <1151@digi.lonestar.org> mdefelic@digi.lonestar.org (Mitch DeFelice) writes:
>Help!!!! I'am looking for a PostScript to ASCII utility. If
>one doesn't exist, could someone point me to the proper
>documentation that would allow me to write one myself.
>
>Any response would be appreciated.
ANY response.... **ANY** response....? OK....
Hmm... this is a tough one. I suggest that you get GhostScript 2.0 and
hack the driver. Maybe:
...
bp = bitmap;
for ( height = 0; height < 3300; height++ ) {
for ( width = 0; width < (2550+7)/8; width++ ) {
b = *bp++;
for ( mask = 0x80; mask != 0; mask >>= 1 ) {
putchar((mask & b) ? '@' : ' ');
}
}
putchar('\n');
}
...
That should give you postscript output that you can print on an ASCII
printer. It may be hard to find one that prints 2550 columns on a
line, though.
Now, if you were looking for an ASCII to Postscript filter...
- Geof
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geof@aurora.com / aurora!geof@decwrl.dec.com / geof%aurora.com@decwrl.dec.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!fernwood!aurora!geof From: geof@aurora.com (Geoffrey H. Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: PostScript to ASCII utility Message-ID: <1990Oct16.223900.15229@aurora.com> Date: 16 Oct 90 22:39:00 GMT References: <1151@digi.lonestar.org> Reply-To: geof@aurora.UUCP (Geoffrey H. Cooper) Organization: The Aurora Group, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 34