Re: What's ghostscript?

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From: David J. Camp
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1991 17:54

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In Reply to this Note From: <Todd Thompson>
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>Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I'm curious.  What does ghostscript
>do?  
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>Todd Thompson
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Ghostscript is a clone of Poststript.  Postscript is a language
accepted by some printers to describe what is to appear on a printed
page.  Both are derivatives of the 'Forth' language, a general purpose
programming language.

Ghostscript is used to display graphics on a screen or to prepare a
file for printing on non-postscript printers.  -David-

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