[comp.sys.ibm.pc] postscript driver for wordstar needed.

mani@csun1.UUCP (Maninder Chawla) (08/11/89)

 Hi folks :
                  I am looking for public domain software to
                  convert Word Star files into postscript.
                  Any information regarding the above will
                  be greatly appreciated.


                                Thanx

                                Anup Mathur

                       email : anup@rolf.stat.uga.edu
                               anup%rolf.stat.uga.edu@gatech.edu

leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (08/14/89)

mani@csun1.UUCP (Maninder Chawla) writes:


< Hi folks :
<                  I am looking for public domain software to
<                  convert Word Star files into postscript.
<                  Any information regarding the above will
<                  be greatly appreciated.

Get your copy upgraded to 5.5! Apparently, you are running 4.0, as
they added postscript support in 5.0!

The upgrade won't cost more than $100, and is worth it for the other added 
features
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cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (08/17/89)

In article <1624@bucket.UUCP>, leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes:
> mani@csun1.UUCP (Maninder Chawla) writes:
> < Hi folks :
> <                  I am looking for public domain software to
> <                  convert Word Star files into postscript.
> <                  Any information regarding the above will
> <                  be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Get your copy upgraded to 5.5! Apparently, you are running 4.0, as
> they added postscript support in 5.0!
> 
> The upgrade won't cost more than $100, and is worth it for the other added 
> features
> -- 
> Leonard Erickson		...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard

If your goal is to print to a PostScript printer from WordStar, you
really should get the upgrade.  I sell a program that provides
Epson MX-80 to PostScript translation, and I would encourage anyone
who has the choice to use software that has a PostScript driver.

Most word processors without a PostScript driver have, at best, 
the notion of a character width table for the printer's proportional 
font.  PostScript has many fonts, and to properly produce PostScript,
even ignoring the translation problems, requires width tables for
each font in normal, bold, italics, and bold italics.  The results
will be remarkably unattractive with any font but Courier.

Of course, if you have a program that doesn't have a PostScript
driver (like all the DOS commands), and you can't really give up 
that program, a program like my Epson MX-80 to PostScript TSR
might be appropriate -- but you really want that to be a last
resort.
-- 
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