eto@spacely.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Edward Olsen) (09/20/88)
I have need of an application which will allow me to capture a PostScript file generated on a mainframe and edit it in a Draw environment. One of my colleagues is generating graphics on a mainframe and wishes to add text to the finished product before printing it on the attached laserwriter. Addition of extra postscript is a slow and iterative process. The best solution would be to capture the postscript to a Mac, redraw the graphic in a Draw-like application, add the text, and save the resulting postscript for download to the mainframe. Is there any application which will allow me to generate a Draw display using postscript input? /******************************************************************* * Edward Olsen ARPA: eto@spacely.jpl.nasa.gov * * Mail Stop: 169-506 UUCP: ...!cit-vax!spacely!eto * * Jet Propulsion Laboratory SPAN: jplrag::olsen * * 4800 Oak Grove Drive * * Pasadena, CA 91109 * * * * Phone: FTS: 792-7604 Commercial: (818) 354-7604 * *******************************************************************/
drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) (09/20/88)
In article <9515@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> eto@spacely.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Edward Olsen) writes: >I have need of an application which will allow me to capture a PostScript >file generated on a mainframe and edit it in a Draw environment. One of >my colleagues is generating graphics on a mainframe and wishes to add >text to the finished product before printing it on the attached laserwriter. >Addition of extra postscript is a slow and iterative process. The best >solution would be to capture the postscript to a Mac, redraw the graphic >in a Draw-like application, add the text, and save the resulting postscript >for download to the mainframe. Is there any application which will allow >me to generate a Draw display using postscript input? You might consider "The Curator" by Solutions, Inc. It allows conversion between a number of formats, PICT and PostScript being among them. I realize that this doesn't solve your problem of capturing them to the Mac, but without knowing what mainframe you're using I couldn't recommend anything other than saving the data to an ascii file on the mainframe and then transmitting via a terminal program to the Mac. Dennis Cohen Claris Corp. ------------ Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed above are _MINE_!