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Re: .PRN file from Orcad SDT - get ghostscript

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From: al
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:17

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"budgie" <budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au> wrote in message
news:3d47c822.3069227@news.cantech.net.au...
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:31:01 +1000, "al" <alxx/*nospam*/@/*
> */ihug/*spammers suck */.com/ * ! */.au> wrote:
>
>
> >ghostscript and ghost view
> >windows, linux, mac etc
> >
> >many places to get it from
> >google it
> >
> >convert to pdf or text or picture
> >
> >http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
> >http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/5682/postscript.html
> >http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/
> >http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/wim/ghost/
> >
> >It will open prn files, depending on
> >printer format(can be problems with hp 's).
> >
> >Suggest if it will open the file
> >without errors, print to pdf.
>
> (replied via email)
>
> My .ps -> .pdf converter won't accept it, otherwise I would go to .pdf
> as a substantially platform-independent format.

No, use ghostscript view, not your converter.
ghostscript view  should read it, sometimes spits the dummy
with some prn files when an hp printer is installed and set as defualt
printer(due to HP PCL).

Using ghostscript view open the file then print to pdf.

Alex

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