🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.atari.st
Article #40524

Re: drawings -< pic, laserjet, postscript??

#40524
From: Stephen Jacobs
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 04:59
26 lines
1521 bytes
In article <273@fornax.UUCP> chapman@fornax.UUCP (John Chapman) writes:
>In article <249@fornax.UUCP<, chapman@fornax.UUCP (John Chapman) writes:
>< 
>< Does anyone have, or know of, a program which will let you
>< create (relatively) simple line drawings and which will
>< produce as output (in order of preference)
>< 
>< 1. PIC commands
>< 2. an HP LaserJet
>< 3. Postscript
>< 
>That is troff pic btw not pic format images. I haven't had a
>reply to the original posting - surely someone has wanted to
>do this before?
> 
> chapman@cs.sfu.ca
> uunet!van-bc!syssol!john
> 

For what it's worth, I tried to respond and the message bounced from someplace
nearer to you than to me.

Anyway, PageStream has simple drawing capabilities, and produces Postscript
output.  It may also handle HP LaserJet directly, I don't remember for sure.

                                           Steve J.
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1990Feb6.045938.20999@chinet.chi.il.us>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mcdchg!chinet!saj
References: <249@fornax.UUCP< <273@fornax.UUCP>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mcdchg!chinet!saj
From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: drawings -< pic, laserjet, postscript??
Summary: PageStream can do simple drawings, give versatile output
Keywords: drawing Postscript
Message-ID: <1990Feb6.045938.20999@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 6 Feb 90 04:59:38 GMT
References: <249@fornax.UUCP< <273@fornax.UUCP>
Reply-To: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
Lines: 26