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Re: HELP: converting postscript to HPGL ?

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From: Tim Collins
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 08:51
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Matthew Sean Thyer (mthyer@cairo.anu.edu.au) wrote:
: Help!

: I'm at a loss...

[stuff deleted]

I'm affraid you are.  In general PostScript to HPGL is not possible.
In a few (very limited) cases it might be possible to convert PostScript
vectors to HPGL vectors.  However text is a NO GO, and so would any
bitmapped information.

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: Matthew Thyer.
: AIX 3.2.3e System Administrator

Tim.
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Subject: Re: HELP: converting postscript to HPGL ?
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