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Re: Reading postscript on PC.

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From: Kevin Grover
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:42
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In article <1992Dec21.004740.14324@ramon.bgu.ac.il>, ioffe@ivory.bgu.ac.il (Ioffe Nicolay) writes:
) 
) Hello netters!
) Maybe you can solve my problem.
) I've viewed some .ps file with xpsview on Silicon station in our lab.
) After I copied it and tried to view it with CorelDraw in Windows(on Pc).
) I used filter for Adobe EPS(since there wasn't any other filter) and got
) the message : Wrong format.
) Maybe someone can point me how can I read PostScript on PC, an
) How to print it on HP LaserJet IIP, which is not Postscript printer.
) 
) Nick
) 

CorelDRAW is NOT a PostScript processor.  It can read certain EPS
files (specifically, those created by Adobe Illustrator, and those
created by CorelTRACE.)  When reading these file formats, it does not
execute the commands, but rather turns them into internal CorelDRAW
objects which you can then manipulate.  (I.e., CorelDRAW understands
what each of the little PostSript procedures that AI defines does, and
converts them into an internal format).  You can think of AI and
CorelTRACE EPS files as a very specific subset of PostScript.

If you want be able to view any PostScript file, get Ghostview (for
the PC).  It is GNU Freeware.  There are also severl commerical
products.

- kev

PS	Ghostview view is on SIMTEL20 in <MSDOS.POSTSCRIPT>, and on
	its mirrors (oak.oakland.edu) in /pub/msdos/postscript/gs*.zip
	(there are also some font files you will need, look at the
	Index file for more information)
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