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Re: devps vs. Transcript

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From: lmm
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1987 14:30
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> Has anyone used the devps package from Pipeline Associates
> for interfacing with a postscript printer?  I would
> nappreciate any positive or negative comments, or comparisons with
> Transcript from Adobe.  Devps is considerably less expensive
> than Transcript.


We have both packages on a machine, and use them both,  I like the
'enscript' program that comes with Transcript for printing straigt text
files. (the Devps has a similar program but not as flexible).

When printing troff documents, Devps gives you a lot more capabilities
than what I've been able to do with Transcript.

ie:	downloadable fonts
	inclusion of Macpaint documents
	inclusion of PostScript code in a troff document.
	Fancy macros to do shading, rotation, etc on text.


Summary:

Transcript is better for printing plain text files in various ways.

Devps is better for Troff documents. (If you want to be fancy, otherwise
they both work fine)
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