zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk (F S Taylor) (05/26/89)
Hi there, (This is my first post to the News! :-) At college I have access to a postscript laser printer. Using it I would like to print simple posters that I have prepared on my ST at home. The only problem being that I don't have a program on the ST that can produce postscript output (to a file). Does anyone know of a program that will produce such output, preferably PD. It doesn't need to be particularly powerful. Any information forthcoming would be gratefully received. Mail or post, however your conscience takes you! Thanx in advance, Frank. PS: I have a 520ST (it's been upgraded to 1meg) with its usual .5meg internal drive and a 1meg external drive. At present I have no monitor but that is top of my wishlist! (Any kind soul out there.... ;-) -- | Frank Taylor | Engineers often ponder upon the problem... | | DoC 1 | Why do the girls with the most streamlined shape offer | | Imperial College | the most resistance? anon. | |--------------------+--------+-----------------------------------------------| | JANET: zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk | All rights unreserved. |
fjmora@CS.WM.EDU (Fredric Mora) (06/01/89)
>At college I have access to a postscript laser printer. Using it I >would like to print simple posters that I have prepared on my ST at >home. The only problem being that I don't have a program on the ST >that can produce postscript output (to a file). Does anyone know of a >program that will produce such output, preferably PD. It doesn't need >to be particularly powerful. In the PD, you have TeX, which IS indeed very powerfull, and also quite complex. However, for simple poster, your local Unix guru should be able to guide you. Regards, Frederic Mora GEnie: The College of William and Mary F.MORA Dept. of Computer Science INTERNET: Williamsburg, VA. 23185 fjmora@cs.wm.edu USA ************************************************************************** * "Was uns nicht toetet, macht uns staerker." - Friedrich Nietzsche * * What does not kill us makes us stronger * ************************************************************************** - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)... - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)... - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)...
zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk (F S Taylor) (06/08/89)
Hello there... I recently posted to this group asking about postscript converters for the ST. Due to end of year exams (that have at last finished!) I was unable (time-wise) to post/mail replies to all those who requested followup info. I also can't post internationally so for those of you in the States and all the others I will summarize here and now. Basically all the replies I received with info on the subject talked about a program called 1wd2ps (or, I think this is the same program.) 1stwd2ps Apparently this can be obtained from PD libraries etc. It converts 1st word format file to postscript. Someone posted a copy to me (thanks beau :-). I have yet to get it to ST floppy (tomorrows task!) and try it. The other solution was to use something like TimeWorks DTP, but I think (if I caught the gist of the discussion correctly) it will only produce postscript with the aid of a harddisk. It also costs money!-). That's all for now... Thanks to all of you who mailed/posted replies, they were most helpful. Frank. -- | Frank Taylor | Engineers often ponder upon the problem... | | DoC 1 | Why do the girls with the most streamlined shape offer | | Imperial College | the most resistance? anon. | |--------------------+--------+-----------------------------------------------| | JANET: zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk | All rights unreserved. |