[comp.sys.amiga] How Do I Transfer to Postscript

schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) (02/19/90)

I am interested in turning some IFF picture files into Postscript format
so I can print them out on my laser printer. Does anyone know of any
PD programs that to this transer? I have one called claz. But I 
remember running into on in the past that did a lot more than claz. Including
rotating the picture 90 degrees to that it was sideways. 

Thanks in advance.

- Sean Schur

rob@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM (Robert Oyung) (02/21/90)

> 
> 
> I am interested in turning some IFF picture files into Postscript format
> so I can print them out on my laser printer. Does anyone know of any
> PD programs that to this transer? I have one called claz. But I 
> remember running into on in the past that did a lot more than claz. Including
> rotating the picture 90 degrees to that it was sideways. 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> - Sean Schur
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>

The programs you are thinking about are probably the Portable Bitmap
utilities by Jef Poskanzer which can rotate, trim, flip, crop, convert,
etc.. bitmaps.  This is available via anonymous ftp from: 

	    uunet.uu.net (192.48.96.2) or (137.39.1.2) 

in the directory: 

            /usr/spool/ftp/comp.sources.misc/volume2/pbm
            
To use these, convert the IFF to GIF format and then use the utilities
to convert to postscript.

		     --- or ----

Use the shareware program:  

		     iff2ps 
           by William Mason and Sam Paolucci
		     
which will convert iff files directly to postscript.

-Rob
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Robert Oyung
Integrated Office Systems
HP Corporate Offices