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Article #5803Re: Reading postscript on PC.
From: Kevin Grover
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:42
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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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!nevada.edu!jimi!cash.isri.unlv.edu!grover From: grover@cash.isri.unlv.edu (Kevin Grover) Subject: Re: Reading postscript on PC. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.194250.10268@unlv.edu> Sender: news@unlv.edu (News User) Reply-To: grover@isri.unlv.edu Organization: Information Science Research Institute (UNLV-ISRI) References: <1992Dec21.004740.14324@ramon.bgu.ac.il> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 19:42:50 GMT Lines: 33