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                              -- PostScript -- 

                            Answers to Questions 

                    (the comp.lang.postscript FAQ v2.0) 

                               Jon Monsarrat 

                              jgm@cs.brown.edu 


    Please help fix the FAQ! All comments should be mailed to 
    jgm@cs.brown.edu. My favorite way to receive a change suggestion is 
    when it is accompanied by a section of the FAQ that is edited and 
    mailed to me verbatim as an example. If you would like to 
    contribute, please read the section ``about the FAQ'' first. Thank 
    you! 

    Books and programs are referred to by name only. See the 
    appropriate sections for full information. I have archived a number 
    of the small utilities in wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript. 

    Table of Contents 

    12 PostScript Interpreters and Utilities 
        12.1 How can I find a program? 
        12.2 How can I browse through PostScript programs? 
        12.3 Keywords 
        12.4 Interpreters 
        12.5 Utilities 

    12 PostScript Interpreters and Utilities 

    I would like very much to be able to recommend some of these 
    programs over others. Unfortunately, I have very little information 
    about most of them. Please send information or additions! Programs 
    without significant information will be dropped shortly. 

    Included in this index are a number of ASCII to PostScript 
    conversion programs. These are quick and dirty programs, and it is 
    unclear why having so many of them is interesting, so many will 
    probably be deleted (send mail about the ones you like most). If 
    you really want to convert ASCII to PostScript in a high quality 
    way, what you want is a real text formatter. (See the FAQ for 
    comp.text and comp.text.tex) 


    12.1 How can I find a program? 

    To find a program, try using an ``archie'' server. Archie will 
    figure out which FTP sites have the program that you are looking 
    for. Please try archie before asking people for the program. 

    I would be happy to answer questions about where to get programs. 
    Just send me email. If you find a good ftp site for these programs, 
    please let me know. 

    To use archie, just type ``archie'' or ``xarchie''. If you don't 
    have that program, then you can telnet to one of the following 
    addresses and type ``archie'' as the username. To get help type 
    ``help''. 


    archie.rutgers.edu   128.6.18.15     (Rutgers University)
    archie.unl.edu       129.93.1.14     (University of Nebraska in Lincoln)
    archie.sura.net      128.167.254.179 (SURAnet archie server)
    archie.ans.net       147.225.1.2     (ANS archie server)
    archie.au            139.130.4.6     (Australian server)
    archie.funet.fi      128.214.6.100   (European server in Finland)
    archie.doc.ic.ac.uk  146.169.11.3    (UK/England server)
    archie.cs.huji.ac.il 132.65.6.15     (Israel server)
    archie.wide.ad.jp    133.4.3.6       (Japanese server)

    If you don't have telnet, send email to archie at any of the above 
    sites with the subject ``help''. 


    12.2 How can I browse through PostScript programs? 

    To find ftp sites that carry PostScript programs, try ``archie 
    postscript''. Then use ftp to look through them. 


    12.3 Keywords 



    What: 



      Bounding-Box 
         Determines the bounding box of a PostScript program (so it can 
         be converted to EPSF for example). 


      Converts 
         The program converts back and forth between formats such as: 
         ASCII, PostScript, TeX, Images, PCL 


      Converts-Images 
         A program that converts to too many image formats to name! 


      Device-Utility 
         A utility for a PostScript device. 


      Document-Previewer 
         The previewer has options for viewing text documents. NOTE: 
         most previewers make passable document previewer even without 
         these extra options. 


      Example 
         The source code for this program is a programming example for 
         programmers. 


      Font-Utility 
         The program does something useful with font descriptions. 


      Interpreter 
         The program can understand the PostScript language. 


      Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver 
         The program allows PostScript drawings to be printed on at 
         least one non-PostScript printer. 


      Page-Reordering 
         The program allows you to either choose a page or a few pages 
         to print from a big document, or lets you print in reverse 
         order, or lets you ``N-Up'', which means to put more than one 
         page on a physical page. These programs work only if the 
         PostScript input follows the Adobe Document Structuring 
         Conventions. (See the section on Encapsulated PostScript). 


      Previewer 
         The interpreter displays PostScript on the screen. 


      Text-Formatter 
         The program formats text in some interesting way, or lets you 
         include PostScript in a text formatter. 


      Written-in-PostScript 
         The program is written entirely in PostScript and thus can run 
         on any computer with an interpreter, or on any PostScript 
         printer. 


    Status 



      Shareware 
         means that the program is free but the author would like 
         money. 


      Free 
         means that the program is freely available. This usually means 
         that source code is included and that it is freely 
         distributable. 


      Commercial 
         means that some company sells the program. 


      Platforms: 
         What computers does it run on? For the IBM PC, look for 
         ``MS-DOS''. For most workstations, look for ``UNIX''. 


      Get-From 
         tells where to get the program, through ftp or some other 
         source. 


    12.4 Interpreters 

    The following are all programs that understand the PostScript 
    graphics programming language. PostScript is an interpreted 
    language, which means that there is no compiler for it. An 
    interpreter is like a compiler that, instead of producing a 
    sequence of actions in machine language for the computer to handle 
    at some future time, performs the actions itself immediately. 

    Most interpreters are also previewers, which allow you to view the 
    PostScript drawing as it is created by the PostScript program. 
    Unfortunately, viewing the document on-line is not guaranteed to be 
    a perfect simulation of printing the document. Complex programs 
    that use random numbers or check the device type will almost 
    certainly run differently. 

    Some interpreters are meant for looking at text documents without 
    printing them. They usually have a number of functions for flipping 
    back and forth between pages. These interpreters are called 
    document previewers. 



    Canvas 3.0 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Previewer 


      Status: 
         commercial (more than $ 50) 


      Platforms: 
         Macintosh 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    Freedom of the Press 
      ??? 

      For most users who only want to print to common printers like 
      DeskWriters, StyleWriters, or Personal LaserWriter LS's, the 
      light version of Freedom of the Press will suffice. ( $ 55). 


      What: 
         Interpreter, Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver 


      Status: 
         commercial ( $ 55) 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    Gammascript 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Interpreter 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    Ghostscript 
      is perhaps the most popular previewer. It is a PostScript 
      interpreter written by L. Peter Deutsch, and is distributed under 
      the terms of the GNU Library General Public License. Unlike 
      commercial interpreters, ghostscript isn't tied to a particular 
      piece of hardware. Ghostscript will compile on most common 
      platforms, and has drivers for many common peripherals, including 
      X11R [ 345 ] , MS-DOS-VGA, Epson dot matrix printers, and HP 
      laserjets. 

      Ghostscript deals well with "normal" documents, such as output 
      from Tomas Rokicki's dvips. If you're into testing the outer 
      limits of PostScript, however, your mileage with Ghostscript may 
      vary. The output character quality is (obviously) dependent upon 
      the fonts which ghostscript uses. Ghostscript comes with the 
      Hershey fonts. These are certainly good enough for screen 
      previewing, and rough drafts, but show their limitation when used 
      on laser printers. Fortunately, Ghostscript can use type 1 fonts, 
      so if you happen to have some around, you'll find that the output 
      quality is very close to that of a PostScript interpreter. Note 
      that if you're using TeX or LaTeX with the cmr fonts, this last 
      statement implies that ghostscript will probably suit your needs, 
      since your dvi-to-ps converter will include the cmr fonts in its 
      output PostScript file. 

      If you're using IBM OS/2 2.0, you can make a Ghostscript icon and 
      drag PostScript files onto it and they'll be printed 
      automatically. 

      Ghostscript 2.2 has been ported to the Atari ST platform by 
      Timothy Gallivan. It's available by ftp to 
      atari.archive.umich.edu. 

      For more information about Ghostscript, read the 
      gnu.ghostscript.bug newsgroup, or contact the author, Peter 
      Deutsch, at ghost@aladdin.com. 


      What: 
         Interpreter, Previewer, Programmer-Utility, User-Utility, 
         Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver, Converts-PostScript-to-GIF, 
         Converts-PostScript-to-PBM. 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS, UNIX, VMS, Xwindows, Atari-ST. 


      Get-From: 
         Japan: ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp, utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:ftpsync/prep 
         Australia: archie.au:gnu, Europe: src.doc.ic.ac.uk:gnu, 
         ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de, 
         ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:pub/gnu, nic.funet.fi:pub/gnu, 
         ugle.unit.no, isy.liu.se, ftp.stacken.kth.se, sunic.sunet.se, 
         ftp.win.tue.nl, ftp.diku.dk, ftp.eunet.ch, archive.eu.net 
         United States: wuarchive.wustl.edu ftp.cs.widener.edu, 
         uxc.cso.uiuc.edu, col.hp.com, gatekeeper.dec.com:pub/GNU, 
         ftp.uu.net:packages/gnu, prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu 

      See Ghostview and GSPreview. 


    Ghostview, 
      for X11 users, is a neat add-on to ghostscript by Erik M. van der 
      Poel, which provides a mouse/menu-driven interface to zooming 
      output on the screen, printing selected pages from a document, 
      and a number of other nifty things. 


      What: 
         Document-Previewer 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         X11 


      Get-From: 
         prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/ghostview-1.4.tar.Z or 
         appenzell.cs.wisc.edu:/pub/ghostview-1.4.tar.Z 


    GoScript 3.0 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Interpreter 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    GSPreview 
      A document previewer based on GhostScript, by Richard Hesketh. 


      What: 
         Document-Previewer 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         X Windows 


      Get-From: 
         prep.ai.mit.edu 


    Hijack-PS 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Interpreter, Converts-??? 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    JAWS 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Interpreter 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         Sun 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 

      Where to get it: uad1077@dircon.co.uk 


    NeXTStep, 
      release 3.0 supports full level 2 PostScript. 


      What: 
         Interpreter 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         Sun 


      Get-From: 
         Sun 


    Opium 
      converts PostScript to several raster image formats. It has 
      several language extensions relating to image processing (alpha 
      channel, "forall" for images etc.) and usability of PostScript as 
      a general purpose script language ("system", secure and 
      non-secure modes, etc.) 


      What: 
         Interpreter, Converts-PostScript-to-PNM, 
         Converts-PostScript-to-Group-3-fax, Converts 
         PostScript-to-TIFF, Converts-Images 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX, Sun, DECstation, AIX, NeXT, Alpha and VMS. 


      Get-From: 
         Stream Technologies Inc., Valkjarventie 2, SF-02130 Espoo, 
         FINLAND, Tel: +358 0 43577340, Fax: +358 0 43577348, Email: 
         info@sti.fi 


    pageview 
      can print PostScript on any raster printer using the NeWSprint 
      product which uses the same PostScript interpreter found in 
      OpenWindows. 


      What: 
         Previewer, Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         OpenWindows 


      Get-From: 
         Sun 


    PixelScript 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Interpreter, Previewer 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         Amiga 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    PowerPage 
      from Pipeline Associates is the only non-Adobe interpreter that 
      handles the special hints in Adobe Type 1 fonts (see the section 
      on fonts). 


      What: 
         Interpreter 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         Pipeline Associates 


    Post 
      turns PostScript files into screen images, image files, and 
      prints on non-PostScript printers. Scaling & pixel density are 
      adjustable by the user. It is excellent, works in color, supports 
      types 1 and 3 fonts. By Adrian Aylward, 20 Maidstone Rd Swindon, 
      WILTS. UK. 

      This is not the same as Post for MS-DOS. 


      What: 
         Interpreter, Previewer, Converts-Images 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         Amiga 


      Get-From: 
         Compuserve, or from any Amiga PD source, in the well-known 
         Fred Fish collection. Current version is 1.7, on Fish Disk 
         669. Or grind.isca.uiowa.edu, gatekeeper.dec.com [ 
         /pub/micro/amiga/fish ] , monu6.cc.monash.edu.au, 
         ux1.cso.uiuc.edu [ amiga/fish/f6/ff669 ] 


    PS-Magic 
      ??? 

      Registration is $ 40 and includes the usual 40 font family... 
      Otherwise it only includes the Times font family. 


      What: 
         Interpreter 


      Status: 
         shareware ( $ 40) 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         Advantage Computer, Box 524, Fremont CA 94537, U.S.A. Or, in 
         Toronto, it can be downloaded from CRS: Canada Remote Systems 
         (Mississauga). 


    PSView 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Interpreter 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         Macintosh 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    TScript 
      ??? 

      For most users who only want to print to common printers like 
      DeskWriters, StyleWriters, or Personal LaserWriter LS's, the 
      Basic version of TScript will suffice ( $ 55). 

      A more complex version is available that works with more esoteric 
      printers, particularly color printers and very-high-end 
      imagesetters. 


      What: 
         Interpreter 


      Status: 
         commercial ( $ 55) 


      Platforms: 
         Macintosh 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    UltraScript 
      is a PostScript previewer for level 1 PostScript only. 

      UltraScript can print from within an application. This feature 
      requires about 1 Mbyte of memory above the minimum requirement. 
      It can process hinted type-1 (Adobe) fonts. The products include 
      QMS fonts with metrics that match those of Adobe's fonts. 

      The main PostScript interpreter in UltraScript PC runs as a TSR, 
      mostly living in extended memory (occupies about 24K below the 
      640K line). There is a different TSR called PCAPTURE that 
      intercepts LPTn output and routes it to UltraScript, which 
      interprets it and prints to the real printer. There's also a 
      front-end program which selects printing from an already-existing 
      file or lets you run in interactive mode (similar to "executive" 
      on a PostScript printer). 

      UltraScript PC is $ 195. It runs in PC/AT compatibles and needs 
      about 1M of extended memory. The basic version includes 25 fonts. 
      UltraScript PC Plus is $ 445 includes 47 fonts. The previewer 
      requires Microsoft Windows 3. 

      UltraScript for the Macintosh requires at least a 2 Mbyte system 
      to run. The basic version is $ 195 and includes 15 fonts. 
      UltraScript Plus is $ 495, includes 43 fonts, and has an 
      AppleTalk print spooler. It appears on the Chooser as a printer. 


      What: 
         Previewer, Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver, 
         Converts-PostScript-to-PCL, Converts-PostScript-to-PCX, 
         Converts-PostScript-to-TIFF 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS, Macintosh 


      Get-From: 
         PM Ware in Escondido, California, 1-800-845-4843 or 
         1-619-738-6633. CompuClassics, phone 1-800-733-3888. 


    12.5 Utilities 

    The following are utilities intended to make using PostScript or 
    programming in PostScript easier. Many interpreters are also very 
    useful utilities. A program that makes something nice-looking but 
    does not help you use or program in PostScript would be in one of 
    the next section, PostScript Programs. This section has not yet 
    been created, but I am accepting information for it! 



    a2ps 
      places two pages on each physical page, borders surrounding 
      pages, headers, line numbering, multiple copies, landscape and 
      portrait mode, wide format, lines numbering, fold/cut long lines, 
      control font size. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX, MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.misc volume 10, issue 73, archive name a2ps3, 
         posted 17 February 1990. Modified version posted to 
         alt.sources 25 March 1990 by Tor Lillqvist 
         (tml@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi). Updated version available by 
         anonymous ftp from imag.fr (129.88.32.1) in the "archive" 
         directory. 


    asc2ps 
      is part of Psroff3.0, and is integrated with psxlate. It is of 
      particular interest because it understands nroff's backspace bold 
      and italic conventions and doesn't introduce lots of extra bells 
      and whistles. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         See Psroff3.0 


    asciiprint.ps 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript, Example 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) 


    ato2pps 
      prints ASCII printable text boxed, 2-up, in landscape mode. 
      Prints boxed header with date & time, file name, and page number. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX, possibly available on Macintosh (C program) 


      Get-From: 
         Mark Edwards (edwards@vms.macc.wisc.edu) 


    bbfig 
      will let you calculate the bounding box of a PostScript picture. 
      It prints the figure and then calculates the bounding box around 
      the figure and print the box and its coordinates. This usually 
      works. However, for the times that it fails you have to measure 
      it by hand. (Jon Monsarrat is working on getting a copy from the 
      author.) 


      What: 
         Bounding-Box 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         Jon Monsarrat (jgm@cs.brown.edu) 


    cz 
      is table-driven, handles almost any character set, uses any font 
      on printer, control font sizes, paper size, page layout, number 
      of columns, line numbers, portrait or landscape mode, page 
      reversal, leading (line spacing), tab expansion. Emacs interface. 
      By Howard Gayle. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.misc volume 8 issues 65-75, 77-78 ( 1 Oct 1989) 
         issue 97 (28 Oct 1989) (Other prerequisites: see README file 
         at beginning of issue 65.) 


    crossword.ps 
      converts a specially formatted ASCII file to a crossword puzzle. 
      By Carl Lydick. Just prepend to an ASCII file and send it to the 
      printer. 


      What: 
         Written-in-PostScript, Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         send a mail message whose body consists of the line "SEND 
         ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT" to FILESERV@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (or, 
         if you're on ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV). 


    double.ps 
      prints two pages of ASCII side by side in landscape mode. By Carl 
      Lydick. 


      What: 
         Written-in-PostScript, Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         send a mail message whose body consists of the line "SEND 
         ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT" to FILESERV@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (or, 
         if you're on ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV). 


    dvips 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Converts-DVI-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         Radical Eye Software. 


    DWB 3 
      ??? 


      What: 
         ??? 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    enscript 
      formats text in 1 or 2 columns, portrait or landscape, manual 
      paper feed, headers, line printer simulation, line wrap or 
      truncation, control lines on page, fonts. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         Part of Adobe Transcript package 


    epsffit 
      fits an EPSF file to a given bounding box. 


      What: 
         Bounding-Box 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         See the psutils entry. 


    epsinfo.ps 
      determines bounding boxes. This can help to turn a PS file into 
      an EPS file. 


      What: 
         Bounding-Box 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         from the Adobe file server (see the section on Adobe) 


    epsonps 
      Epson LX-800 to PostScript translator, supports international 
      character sets, IBM graphics characters, different width fonts, 
      bit-mapped graphics. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.misc 


    ETSR 
      in an Epson MX-80 to PostScript translator, includes Epson Mx-80 
      graphics modes, supports virtual printers, PrintScreen key 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         $ 75 from Niche Marketing, 7198 Camino Colegio, Rohnert Park, 
         CA 94928, USA. Phone +1 707-795-7306. Overseas shipping is $ 5 
         extra. CA residents please include 6.25 % sales tax. 


    fontutils 
      ??? 

      The GNU font-making utilities. They can convert a PostScript font 
      to TeX's TK format. 


      What: 
         Convert-PostScript-to-TK 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu. 


    getafm 
      outputs PostScript to retrieve an AFM file from printer. 


      What: 
         Device-Utility 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         See the psutils entry. 


    Groff 
      is a Free Software Foundation package that can convert troff to 
      PostScript. 


      What: 
         Converts-Troff-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         Free Software Foundation 


    hp2pbm 
      can convert all of PCL4 (up to and including rasters, downloaded 
      fonts and macros). It's somewhat slow because it converts PCL 
      into Poskanzer's Portable Bitmap format rasters (PBM) before 
      generating PostScript, but it's theoretically pixel-for-pixel 
      identical with the original PCL. Plus it's capable of driving 
      many other types of graphics devices or printers. 


      What: 
         Converts-PCL-to-PBM, Converts-PCL-to-PostScript, Interpreter, 
         Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.misc, soon to be a part of Psroff3.0. 


    hpscat 
      features Hangul (Korean). 

      Unfortunately, font is not a part of 'hpscat'. It's a property of 
      ELEX Inc., a Korean Mac dealer. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         kum.kaist.ac.kr or cair.kaist.ac.kr 


    i2ps 
      handles ISO 8859/1 and Norwegian ISO 646. Written in Perl. Line 
      numbers, wrap or truncate long lines, landscape, 2 or 3 column, 
      control body font size. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX (any Perl platform) 


      Get-From: 
         Get-from alt.sources article (AAS.90Oct30172546@boeygen.nr.no) 
         posted 30 October 1990. 


    LameTeX 
      can convert simple LaTeX to PostScript or to ASCII. 

      It specializes in complete versatility of the printed page. The 
      standard model for text formatters is that every page is 
      necessarily rectangular. LameTeX will let you format text inside 
      a triangular page, or a circle page. Just like professional 
      magazine editors, you can include pictures of any shape and ask 
      the text to flow around them or inside them. 

      These flexible arbitrarily-shaped margins are PostScript paths. 
      If you don't know PostScript, it contains a big library of 
      interesting LameTeX page margins. With LameTeX you can fit 
      several ``pages'' onto one 8.5x11 inch piece of paper, so you can 
      easily make index cards, labels, and half-pages of text. 

      Also, if you know how to write programs in PostScript, LameTeX 
      allows you to very tightly integrate your LameTeX commands with 
      your PostScript code. In fact, the PostScript that LameTeX 
      outputs is nicely formatted and commented so that you can modify 
      it yourself and see how it's done. LameTeX is written with 
      PostScript version 1, so it should run on all PostScript 
      printers. 

      Finally, everything about LameTeX is set up to be compatible with 
      LaTeX. LameTeX can't do everything that LaTeX can, but the 
      special stealth commands guarantee that your fancy LameTeX 
      document can be processed by normal LaTeX. This allows you to 
      share it with anyone who doesn't happen to have LameTeX. 

      By Jon Monsarrat, jgm@cs.brown.edu. 


      What: 
         Converts-LaTeX-to-PostScript, Text-Formatter, 
         Converts-LaTeX-to-ASCII. 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX, any C++ platform 


      Get-From: 
         wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/lametex.tar.Z 


    landscape.ps 
      prints pages of 132 characters by 60 lines in landscape mode in 9 
      point Courier. By Carl Lydick. Just prepend to an ASCII file and 
      send it to the printer. 


      What: 
         Written-in-PostScript, Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         send a mail message whose body consists of the line "SEND 
         ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT" to FILESERV@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (or, 
         if you're on ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV). 


    lineprinter.ps 
      is a simple text to PostScript translator. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         from the Adobe file server (see the section on Adobe) 


    lj2ps 
      does a conversion of a (small) subset of PCL into PostScript. By 
      Chris Lewis. 

      There is a different lj2ps in psroff3.0 which does a somewhat 
      more complete job (handles downloaded LJ fonts) and should work 
      well with most "WP" or text processing applications. 


      What: 
         Converts-PCL-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.misc 


    lpp 
      features headers, different paper sizes, borders, font, font 
      size, banner page, truncate or fold long lines, adjust margins, 
      Swedish ISO 646, ISO 8859/1, multiple copies, landscape or 
      portrait, multiple columns, localized date, double-sided 
      printing, nroff font selection. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free, shareware 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX, VMS, TOPS-20 


      Get-From: 
         Old version for TOPS-20 and VMS freely redistributable for 
         noncommercial use. Latest version (3.2) for UNIX is shareware 
         ( $ 8 single-user, $ 12 multi-user). By Fredric Ihren 
         (fred@nada.kth.se). Send cash (no checks) to Vickervagen 4, 
         S-178 35 Ekero, Sweden. 


    lwf 
      features indent, portrait/landscape, margin adjust, page range, 
      point size, tab stops, headers, page reversal, multicolumn 
      printing (via pr). 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.unix volume 15 issue 8, 25 May 1988, archive name 
         lwf (obsolete version with minor bugs). An updated version can 
         be ftp'ed from cs.ubc.ca (137.82.8.5) as pub/lwf-2.2.shar.Z. 


    macps 
      is a Unix program that takes an uploaded PostScript file created 
      on a Macintosh (by typing Command-F at the LaserWriter dialog 
      box; see macps.1 for more details) and includes an appropriately 
      modified LaserPrep file so that the result can be sent to a 
      PostScript printer from Unix. The LaserPrep file contains macros 
      used by the PostScript generator on the Macintosh. 

      Macps is difficult to install, and may not really be necessary. 


      What: 
         Device-Utility 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/computing/systems/mac/macps/macps-23.shar 
         and sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/unix/macps-23.shar 


    mp 
      lets you print mail messages and news articles, including 
      digests, as well as ASCII text files. 2-up landscape mode. Prints 
      Filofax, Franklin Planner, Time Manager, and Time/System 
      International formats. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         iesd.auc.dk (130.225.48.4) in the PostScript directory, or 
         ftp.adelaide.edu.au (129.127.40.3) in the pub/sun/richb 
         directory. 


    nenscript 
      is an enscript clone. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS, UNIX, OS/2 


      Get-From: 
         comp.lang.postscript article 
         (geoffw.718500346@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU), posted 7 October 1992. 
         You can find nenscript for OS/2 1.x--2.0 and MSDOS on 
         ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in pub/uploads/nensc113.zip. 


    numbered.ps 
      prints pages of 80 characters by 58 lines in portrait mode, with 
      pages numbered in the lower-right corner in 11 point Courier. By 
      Carl Lydick. Just prepend to an ASCII file and send it to the 
      printer. 


      What: 
         Written-in-PostScript. 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         send a mail message whose body consists of the line "SEND 
         ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT" to FILESERV@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (or, 
         if you're on ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV). 


    PBM utilities 
      in the X11R4 and X11R5 distributions can convert between many 
      image formats. They handle: 


    Sun icon file                               reading writing
    Sun raster file                             reading writing
    X10 and X11 bitmap file                     reading writing
    MacPaint                                    reading writing
    CMU window manager format                   reading writing
    MGR format                                  reading writing
    Group 3 FAX                                 reading writing
    X11 window dump file                        reading writing
    X10 window dump file                        reading
    Xerox doodle brushes                        reading
    GEM .img format                             reading
    PC paintbrush (.pcx) format                 reading
    PICT                                        reading
    ASCII graphics                                      writing
    HP LaserJet format                                  writing
    GraphOn graphics                                    writing
    BBN BitGraph graphics                               writing
    Printronix format                                   writing

      See PPM and PGM for more X Windows conversion help. 


      What: 
         Converts-Images 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         X11 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    PBMPLUS 
      can convert between a lot of image formats. By Jef Poskranzer. 


      What: 
         Converts-Images 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         export.lcs.mit.edu as /contrib/pbmplus05oct91.tar.Z 


    pc2ps 
      handles IBM code page 437 line graphic symbols. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         GIERSIG@EDVZ.ATI.ADA.AT (Roland Giersig) 


    PGM utilities 
      in the X11R4 and X11R5 distributions can convert between many 
      image formats. They handle: 


    TIFF                                        reading
    Usenix FaceSaver file                       reading
    HIPS                                        reading
    FITS                                        reading writing
    PostScript "image" data                     reading
    raw grayscale bytes                         reading
    Encapsulated PostScript                             writing

      See PBM and PPM for more X Windows conversion help. 


      What: 
         Converts-Images 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         X11 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    portrait.ps 
      prints pages of 80 characters by 60 lines in portrait mode in 11 
      point Courier. Just prepend to an ASCII file and send it to the 
      printer. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript, Written-in-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         send a mail message whose body consists of the line "SEND 
         ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT" to FILESERV@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (or, 
         if you're on ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV). 


    Post 
      handles control margins, fonts, orientation, scaling This is not 
      the same as Post for the Amiga. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         shareware ( $ 5) 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         F. C. Betts, Veda Incorporated, Suite 200, 5200 Springfield 
         Pike, Dayton, OH 45431, U.S.A. 


    POSTPRN 
      is a device driver that prints portrait and landscape, and 1-up, 
      2-up, and 4-up pages. Automatically converts ASCII to PostScript 
      simply by opening the device and writing to it. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         grape.ecs.clarkson.edu:/d/dosutil/postprn.zip (315)268-6667 
         (1N8, 12/2400), file area 7, postprn.zip 


    PostScript Processing Speed Test version 3.1 
      measures the speed of your PostScript device. By Jean-Serge 
      Gagnon. 


      What: 
         Device-Utility 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         GAAJ.UOTTAWA.CA (132.122.6.203) 


    The PostScript Zone 
      lets you can pretend your PostScript programming space is three 
      dimensional. This package is a set of headers that you can add to 
      your files to make them know how to draw in three dimensions. By 
      Jonathan Monsarrat (jgm@cs.brown.edu). 

      The page, of course, is a perspective two-dimensional projection 
      of this three-dimensional drawing space. You can adjust this 
      projection, rotate your three-dimensional coordinate system, 
      translate, and so on. 

      You can convert any 2D PostScript image into 3-space, warping it 
      over any arbitrary transformation or over a surface. 

      The Zone is written entirely in PostScript level 1 and runs on 
      any PostScript device. 

      The Zone comes with a C program that lets you interactively build 
      a 3D image and rotate it with simple keystrokes. 

      The PostScript Zone also has examples of arbitrary non-affine 
      transformations and conformal mapping. 


      What: 
         3D, Warps, Conformal-Mapping, Written-in-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/zone.tar.Z 


    pps 
      is designed to be extended into further tools. It consists of a 
      front-end that converts the file into generic PostScript. You 
      tack a header onto it that defines the behavior of tabs, font 
      changes, newlines, formfeeds, and so on. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         alt.sources and comp.lang.postscript article 
         (1992May13.013042.23844@NeoSoft.com), posted 13 May 1992. 


    PPM 
      utilities in the X11R4 and X11R5 distributions can convert 
      between many image formats. They handle: 


    color Sun raster file                       reading writing
    GIF                                         reading writing
    Amiga IFF ILBM                              reading writing
    color X11 window dump file                  reading writing
    color X10 window dump file                  reading
    MTV ray-tracer output                       reading
    QRT ray-tracer output                       reading
    TrueVision Targa file                       reading
    Img-whatnot file                            reading
    color Encapsulated PostScript                       writing

      See PBM and PGM for more X Windows conversion help. 


      What: 
         Converts-Images 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         X11 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    printer 
      uses Monofont (Courier); monosize (12 pitch). With other devps 
      programs, it supports portrait and landscape printing, manual 
      feed, reverse page order printing, message and other overlays, 
      control-L (form feed) page eject. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX, MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         Part of Pipeline Associates' devps package. 


    ps2a 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    ps2ascii 
      ??? 


      What: 
         Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    ps2ascii.pl 
      prints all the words of a PostScript program. 


      What: 
         Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX (any Perl platform) 


      Get-From: 
         Get from Jon Monsarrat. jgm@cs.brown.edu 


    ps2ascii.ps 
      prints all the words of a PostScript program as well as the (X,Y) 
      positions. You can use the (X,Y) positions to retain the format 
      of your document, as well as just the strings. 


      What: 
         Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII, Written-in-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         Jon Monsarrat. jgm@cs.brown.edu 


    ps2pk 
      is astandalone C program which rasterizes a PostScript font into 
      TeX's PK format. 


      What: 
         Converts-PostScript-to-TeX 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         ipc1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de:/pub/tex/utilities/ps2pk, 
         rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de:/.serv2/soft/tex/utilities/ps2pk, 
         miki.cs.titech.ac.jp:/pub/text/TeX/misc/ps2pk, 
         src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/packages/tex/fonts/utilities/ps2pk 


    ps2txt 
      is by Iqbal Qazi. 


      What: 
         Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de in 
         /informatik.public/news/alt.sources/ps2txt, keos.helsinki.fi 
         in /pub/archives/alt.sources/ps2txt 


    ps2a.sh 
      is a UNIX shellscript that redefines the show and related 
      operators in the manner you suggest, and decides when kerning is 
      taking place. By Leonard Hamey. 


      What: 
         Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         ftp.mpce.mq.edu.au 


    psbook 
      can rearrange pages in a PostScript file into ``signatures''. 
      This is useful for printing books or booklets. 

      From the psutils collection by Angus Duggan. 


      What: 
         Page-Reordering 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         See the psutils entry. 


    psf 
      can do 2-up, 4-up, landscape, portrait, control fonts and sizes, 
      double-sided printing, scaling, banner page. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX, Xenix, MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.misc volume 12 issues 104-109, archive name psf2. 


    psnup 
      puts many PostScript pages on one page. 


      What: 
         Page-Reordering 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         Part of psutils. 


    psfig 
      allows you to include PostScript easily in your LaTeX or TeX 
      documents. By Trevor Darrell. 


      What: 
         Text-Formatter, Converts-PostScript-to-TeX, 
         Converts-PostScript-to-LaTeX. 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.unix 


    psfx80 
      features Epson FX80 emulation with some limitations 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         Sun 386i (UNIX MS-DOS capable machine) 


      Get-From: 
         Sun Microsystems, Inc. 


    PSR 
      is a DOS version of the UNIX program. 


      What: 
         ??? 


      Status: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         Bill Silvert (silvert@biome.bio.ns.ca) 


    psroff3.0 
      contains programs that can convert TeX PK format or HP SFP format 
      fonts into PostScript bitmap fonts. While bitmap fonts scale 
      poorly, this is sometimes of use in special circumstances. By 
      Chris Lewis. 


      What: 
         Converts-PK-to-PostScript, Converts-SFP-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         ftp.uunet.ca in distrib/chris_lewis/psroff3.0 


    psselect 
      lets you select pages and ranges of pages to be printed from 
      among all the pages of a big document. 


      What: 
         Page-Reordering 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         See the psutils entry. 


    pstext 
      handles tabs and backspaces, prints two-up, landscape or 
      portrait. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.misc volume 26, issue 67, archive name pstext, 
         posted 26 November 1991. 


    pstops 
      rearranges the pages in a PostScript file. 


      What: 
         Page-Reordering 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         See the psutils entry. 


    PSTricks 
      is an extensive collection of PostScript macros that is 
      compatible with most TeX macro packages, including Plain TeX , 
      LaTeX AmSTeX and AmS-LaTeX. Included are macros for color, 
      graphics, rotation, trees and overlays. It has several special 
      features: 



       * There is a wide variety of graphics (picture drawing) macros, 
         with a flexible interface and with color support. All lines 
         and outlines can be solid, dotted or dashed. Lines and curves 
         can have arrowheads, t-bars, brackets or circles on the ends. 
         Regions can be filled with solid colors, lines or crosshatch. 
         By Timothy Van Zandt 


       * There is support for polar and cartesian coordinate systems. 


       * There are macros for plots and axes. 


       * Nested rotations can be made with respect to the physical 
         page. 


       * There are flexible node macros, useful for trees, mathematical 
         diagrams, and linking information of any kind. 


       * There is a powerful loop macro that is useful for making 
         pictures. 


       * There are macros for coloring or shading the cells of tables. 


      What: 
         Text-Formatter, Converts-PostScript-to-TeX, 
         Converts-PostScript-to-LaTeX. 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         princeton.edu:pub/pstricks-*.tar.Z 


    PSxlate 
      is part of psroff3.0, and is available from 


      What: 
         Page-Reordering, Device-Utility 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         comp.sources.unix archives, or ftp.uunet.ca in /distrib/chris 
         _lewis/psroff3.0/part??.Z. 


    psutils 
      is a set of useful PostScript utilities: epsffit, getafm, psbook, 
      psnup, psselect, pstops, and showchar. By Angus Duggan 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript, Page-Reordering 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk (129.215.160.5) in the file 
         pub/ajcd/psutils.tar.Z 


    SerialOff.PS 
      works with SerialEHandler.ps to communicate bidirectionally to 
      the printer. Works on PostScript 2 printers only. 


      What: 
         Device-Utility 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 


      Get-From: 
         Jon Monsarrat (jgm@cs.brown.edu). 


    showchar 
      outputs PostScript to draw a character with metric information. 


      What: 
         Font-Utility 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         UNIX 


      Get-From: 
         See the psutils entry. 


    spike.ps 
      prints out an ASCII file in PostScript. Just prepend to an ASCII 
      file and send it to the printer. You can play with the margins, 
      font, etc. easily. By John Hughes. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         PostScript 


      Platforms: 
         Written-in-PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         Jon Monsarrat (jgm@cs.brown.edu). 


    StripFonts 
      strips out font definitions from a PostScript file intended to be 
      printed on a printer which already knows the fonts. 


      What: 
         Font-Utility 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         Macintosh 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    swtext 
      started off as a clone of Adobe's ``enscript'', but is now 
      greatly enhanced, and has large numbers of columns, ``document'' 
      mode with paragraph fills and *bold* and_italic _ printing 
      (controlled by *...* and_... _ respectively), more control over 
      page layout.... 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         commercial 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall, Barrington, Cambridge, CAMBS, 
         United Kingdom. scriptworks-request@harlqn.co.uk 


    t1utils 
      can convert PFB to PFA. By Lee Hetherington. 


      What: 
         Converts-PFB-to-PFA 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         ??? 


      Get-From: 
         ftp.cs.umb.edu (192.12.26.23): /pub/misc/t1utils-1.1.tar.Z 


    text2ps 
      allows arbitrary rotation, control body font, body font size, 
      horizontal spacing, leading, left margin on even and odd pages, 
      top margin, fold long lines 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         DOS, UNIX? 


      Get-From: 
         comp.binaries.ibm.pc, volume 1, archive name text2ps. 


    TOPS 
      is a very simple text to ps filter. Quite fast. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         free 


      Platforms: 
         MS-DOS 


      Get-From: 
         Ian Farquhar (ifarqhar@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz.au) 


    Trimmer 
      strips out font definitions from a PostScript file intended to be 
      printed on a printer which already knows the fonts. 


      What: 
         Font-Utility 


      Status: 
         Shareware 


      Platforms: 
         Macintosh 


      Get-From: 
         ??? 


    wide.ps 
      prints pages of 132 characters by 103 lines in portrait mode in 6 
      point Courier. Just prepend to an ASCII file and send it to the 
      printer. By Carl Lydick. 


      What: 
         Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript 


      Status: 
         Written-in-PostScript 


      Platforms: 
         PostScript 


      Get-From: 
         send a mail message whose body consists of the line "SEND 
         ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT" to FILESERV@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (or, 
         if you're on ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV). 


    xpr 
      is converts the bitmap from any X window to PostScript. 

      To convert an image to PostScript in X windows, you can display 
      the image on the screen and then use "xpr -device ps" in the 
      resulting X11 window. For example, to convert GIF to PostScript, 
      use xv or xshowgif (ftp from bongo.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.186.13)) 
      and then xpr. 


      What: 
         Converts-Images 


      Status: 
         ??? 


      Platforms: 
         X11 


      Get-From: 
         ???