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In article <C18FLF.JpG@avalon.nwc.navy.mil> mcclung@archimedes.nwc.navy.mil (Scott McClung) writes:

>on converting Postscript to HPGL, on a Sun Sparc 2. (4.1.x)  If you have
>any such information, please E-mail your responses to me.  I will 

This must be the F-est of all FAQs.  Read the FAQ posting.

(I believe the stock answer is ghostscript, though the version I have
*always* prints one page per file, not directly directable to the
spooler via stdout.  The results look good, but I wasn't too happy with
the process I had to go through to get it from PS to file to printer.
Fortunately, I've since obtained access to a PS printer.  I've not read
the FAQ recently myself.)

In article <4825@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:

>You didn't mention why you would want to do such a thing.

Duh, maybe because he already has a 300 dpi laser printer and hopes
that he can conserve precious landfill space by finding a way to use it
with newer software?

>HPGL has nowhere near the power of PostScript.  There are no fonts, etc.

The PS _language_ is a lot more powerful.  The proper software on a
workstation, however, should be able to produce the same arrangement of
those 300 dpi on an HPGL printer as would a printer with on-board PS.

>big step backward.  If you have a SS2, you should have a PostScript printer.

Down with the categorical imperative!  Given that you feel so strongly
about it, why don't _you_ buy him one? ;-)  BTW, what's a PS cartrige
cost for an HP printer, and what's the lowest/oldest model that can
accept it?  That might be his best answer.

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Ken Hardy
ken@bridge.com  (racerx!ken)