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Re: Mac display postscript

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From: Brian Bezanson
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1989 17:14
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In article <5971@saturn.ucsc.edu> johnroc@ssyx.ucsc.edu (John Rocchio) writes:
>Does anyone know of a program that works on a Mac that can interpret
>Postscript commands and draw them on the screen.  I have one that
>outputs to a printer but I have to pay by the sheet, so I'd rather
>see it on the screen first.  Thanks in advance.

Check out LaserTalk from Emerald City Software. It works by connecting
directly with the LaserPrinter and using it to send back image information that
it then plots on the Mac screen. The program is great for PostScript
development. This is from my personal use of the product.
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From: bezanson@adobe.COM (Brian Bezanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Mac display postscript
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Date: 17 Jan 89 17:14:19 GMT
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