frankb@usource.SARASOTA.FL.US (Frank Bicknell) (01/12/90)
In article <60@fleet.UUCP> mel@fleet.UUCP (mel) writes: > ... files in TIFF, PICT, or EPS formats. I'd have no problem copying > files from Mac to CPU running Xenix. > > How can I convert any one of these formats that would be useable > on my dot matrix printers? > > ... what other alternative route(s) are available excluding > laser printer output. ... Personally, I'd like to know more about people's experiences with these and other graphics formats under {xe|u}nix. I'm interested in knowing more about what laser printers are capable of under *nix. I have run a couple of desktop publishing programs under vpix with success. Notably First Publisher (limited, but still useful) and Ventura (powerful, but a mite slow). It's interesting in fact to note that although Ventura would NOT run under Novell ELS (not enough memory), it runs just fine under vpix. That made my day :) . I wish vpix could be made bug-free (along the same lines as seedless grapes, huh?)... then we could throw DOS and its kludgy connectivity solutions out the window :) .... but I digress. It has been nice to produce nice pictures on this system so well known for being "industrial strength" and functional. Would anyone else care to share their experiences along those lines? -- Frank Bicknell UniSource; 1405 Main St, Ste 709; Sarasota, FL 34236 attctc!usource!frankb || frankb@usource.SARASOTA.FL.US
louis@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Louis Schmittroth) (01/18/90)
In article <365@usource.SARASOTA.FL.US>, frankb@usource.SARASOTA.FL.US (Frank Bicknell) writes: > Personally, I'd like to know more about people's experiences > with these and other graphics formats under {xe|u}nix. I'm > interested in knowing more about what laser printers are capable > of under *nix. I have run a couple of desktop publishing > programs under vpix with success. Notably First Publisher > (limited, but still useful) and Ventura (powerful, but a mite > slow). I run Elan troff under Xenix, but I am still searching for a graphics program which I could run uder vpix. I would like to hear more about experiences with other packages under vpix. Elan troff can import TIFF files and MacPaint formats. Thanks for any enlightenment. Louis Schmittroth
neal@mnopltd.UUCP (01/19/90)
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->In article <365@usource.SARASOTA.FL.US>, frankb@usource.SARASOTA.FL.US (Frank Bicknell) writes:
->> Personally, I'd like to know more about people's experiences
->> with these and other graphics formats under {xe|u}nix. I'm
->> slow).
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->I run Elan troff under Xenix, but I am still searching for a graphics
->program which I could run uder vpix. I would like to hear more about
->experiences with other packages under vpix. Elan troff can import
->TIFF files and MacPaint formats.
->
Not to be dense, but I haven't found any graphics program which WOULDN'T run
under vpix. But my experience has been limited to PaintBrush, Word Perfect
5.0, and Flight Sim.