jacobo@megatest.UUCP (02/10/87)
Has anyone heard or used a program to convert troff data (input
or output) into postcript? The idea is to be able to print out
text from UNIX in a MAC laser writter. A friend of mine is very
interested in something like that. Please send responses or
comments directly to me as I don't usualy read news.
Thanks in advance,
Jacobo
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In article <1052@megatest.UUCP> jacobo@megatest.UUCP writes: > > Has anyone heard or used a program to convert troff data (input > or output) into postcript? [...] > Jacobo > >UUCP: {decvax!decwrl, ucbvax, ihnp4} !sun!megatest!jacobo First off, I neither work for nor represent Adobe Systems Inc. Yes, there is a product called "TranScript" by the creators of PostScript (Adobe Systems Inc.). It takes as input the output of troff, ditroff, or plot and produces PostScript as output. The price is ~$500 for binary, ~$1800 for source per CPU. Or ~$3000 for a site-wide source license. For more info. the address is: Adobe Systems Inc. 1870 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 (415) 852-0271 Dave -- David C. Miller, consultant Communications Interface Addresses: Paperware: AT&T Information Systems, 190 River Road, Summit, NJ 07901 Liveware: (201) 522-6107 Software: {allegra,burl,cbosgd,clyde,ihnp4,ulysses}!sfsup!dcm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On good days life is T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F.L. On days like today: T.A.N.S.T.A.A.L. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
michael@orcisi.UUCP (02/12/87)
> Has anyone heard or used a program to convert troff data (input > or output) into postcript? The idea is to be able to print out > text from UNIX in a MAC laser writter. A friend of mine is very > interested in something like that. Please send responses or > comments directly to me as I don't usualy read news. Check with your Unix distributor to see if Adobe's Transcript product is available for your machine/os. Transcript is a collection of tools which will prepare files for printing on a Postscript printer. One of these, pscat, translates CAT phototypesetter commands from troff to Postscript. Michael Herman Optical Recording Corporation 141 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 2E4 UUCP: { cbosgd!utcs ihnp4!utzoo seismo!mnetor }!syntron!orcisi!michael ALSO: mwherman@watcgl.waterloo.edu
mark@mimsy.UUCP (02/17/87)
I just got in the mail an announcement of a product called *devps*
to convert troff to postscript. devps claims to do everything that
transcript does, plus some additional. Here are the claims for
additionality:
Feature Transcript devps
full support of ditroff special chars no yes
downloaoable postscript fonts somewhat yes
merge and scale of Mac graphics no yes
programs to do labels, envelopes, slides no yes
troff macros for shading, outlined, rotated text no yes
single-system source code $1,795 $495
multi-system source code $2,950 $895
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