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Re: Postscript to PICT/TIFF ?

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From: Fred Walsteijn
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:44
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If you have access to a Unix system running GhostScript ("gs")
and the PBM tools then you might try the following script:
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#
# the GhostScript file "pstoppm.ps" must reside in the 
# same directory as this file !!!
#
gs -dNODISPLAY -q pstoppm.ps > /dev/null <<%EOF
($1:r)ppm24run
quit
%EOF
ppmquant 256 $1:r.ppm | ppmtopict > $1:r.pict 
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Store this in an executable file named "pstopict"; put it in your 
"bin" directory and convert your ps file using the command:   
  pstopict yourfile.ps
The script will create the file yourfile.pict, which may resemble
the ps original (ha-ha).
Transfer the file to your Mac in binary mode and set the file's creator
and type; or use CAP with a sensible extension mapping.
I only used this script once or twice, so it may need some improvement.
Use "archie" to find out where the gs and pbm tools can be obtained
(don't ask me...).
Good luck,
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Fred Walsteijn                                | Internet: walsteyn@fys.ruu.nl
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research | FAX:      31-30-543163
Utrecht University, The Netherlands           | Phone:    31-30-533169
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From: walsteyn@fys.ruu.nl (Fred Walsteijn)
Subject: Re: Postscript to PICT/TIFF ?
Message-ID: <1992Nov23.094436.9529@fys.ruu.nl>
Organization: Physics Department, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:44:36 GMT
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