[comp.sys.atari.st] Word Writer ST & PS

kllove@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Kenneth L Love) (02/25/91)

Is there some way to convert a Word Writer ST file to a postscript form that
I could print out on the laser printer in the computer lab (I think it's made
by Apple)?  What about loading a postscript file into PageStream?  Converting
a PageS. file to postscript?

                                                  Thanks in advance,
                                                  Kenneth Love

steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) (03/01/91)

[kllove@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Kenneth L Love) writes ... ]

> Is there some way to convert a Word Writer ST file to a postscript form that
> I could print out on the laser printer in the computer lab (I think it's made
> by Apple)?  What about loading a postscript file into PageStream?  Converting
> a PageS. file to postscript?
> 
>                                                   Thanks in advance,
>                                                   Kenneth Love

If you have PageStream, you can import WWST and other formats into a
PageStream document and output PostScript to disk, then transfer the .PS file
on disk or via modem. Beware -- PostScript files produced by PageStream are
very large. They include a one-line statement specifically positioning each
character in the file. I find that a newsletter that produces a 50K file
in PageStream will blow out to 600-700K PostScript. And if you include
graphics, it will be much bigger.

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