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Article #1268Re: looking for a Postscript converter program
From: Ken Keirnan
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1989 02:16
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1989 02:16
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In article <7650002@hpwrce.HP.COM> howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM (Howard Stateman) writes:
[ text about GO-SCRIPT, FREEDOM-OF-THE-PRESS and a hardware PostScript
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>
>You haven't really given him much of a solution. For the cost of that
>Everex board, plus the software you mention, he can go out and buy
>a postscript printer. That Postcard+ is NOT a trivial item, as your
>message implies. It's the equivalent of buying a PostScript upgrade
>for a Laserjet.
>
GO-SCRIPT and FREEDOM-OF-THE-PRESS are stand alone software packages
that require no additional hardware other than one of the supported
dot matrix, ink jet or laser printers. They are *sloooow* but they work!
For just under $200, Go-Script comes with fonts emulating the original
13 Laser-Writer typefaces, and for $200 more ($400 total) you get
emulations (Bitstream) of all 35 current standard PostScript printer
fonts. If you happen to be fortunate enough to have a fast 286 or
386 DOS machine, the processing speed should be tolerable for the home
or "business on a budget".
Go-Script supports the HP Deskjet and produces "laser quality" output
(at least in my opinion).
Don't get me wrong, a *real* PostScript printer is much more convenient,
but Go-Script and F-O-P work and the price is right.
--
Ken Keirnan - Pacific Bell - {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pbhyf!kjk
San Ramon, California kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!dptcdc!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pacbell!pbhyf!kjk From: kjk@PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: looking for a Postscript converter program Message-ID: <5032@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> Date: 17 Apr 89 02:16:16 GMT References: <1226@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <7650002@hpwrce.HP.COM> Reply-To: kjk@PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan) Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 34