howard@hasse.ericsson.se (Howard Gayle) (03/31/91)
Requests for software to convert text to PostScript are common
on comp.lang.postscript. As the author of one such system (cz),
I sometimes respond. But cz is not the best software for
everyone, so I've decided to put together a brief listing of all
the software I know about. I hope the format is
self-explanatory.
This is the last version I'll post, at least for a while. I'm
changing jobs, and my new company is not yet on the Net.
--
Howard Gayle
Up to 9 April 1991:
TN/ETX/TG/HL
Ericsson Telecom AB
S-126 25 Stockholm
Sweden
howard@ericsson.se
uunet!ericsson.se!howard
Phone: +46 8 719 5565
FAX : +46 8 719 8439
After 9 April 1991:
HaL Computer Systems, Inc.
1315 Dell Avenue
Campbell, California 95008
USA
Phone: +1 408 379 7000
FAX : +1 408 379 5022
When HaL does get on the Net, my email address will probably be
something like howard@hal.com.
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TEXT-TO-POSTSCRIPT CONVERSION SOFTWARE
Name a2ps
Status copyrighted, freely redistributable except under
compilation copyright
Targets UNIX, MS-DOS
Features Two pages on each physical page, borders surrounding pages,
headers, line numbering, multiple copies, landscape
and portrait mode, wide format, lines numbering,
fold/cut long lines, control font size.
Get-from comp.sources.misc volume 10, issue 73, archive name
a2ps3, posted 17 February 1990. Modified version
posted to alt.sources 25 March 1990 by Tor Lillqvist
<tml@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi>.
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miguel@imag.fr or miguel@imag.UUCP (uunet.uu.net!imag!miguel)
Miguel SANTANA
LGI
IMAG-Campus
BP 53X
38041 Grenoble Cedex
France
Name asciiprint.ps
Status
Targets all
Features simple PostScript code to print ASCII text
Get-from zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston)
Name ato2pps
Status copyrighted, freely redistributable for noncommercial use
Targets UNIX, possibly available on Macintosh (C program)
Features Prints ASCII printable text boxed, 2-up, in
landscape mode. Prints boxed header with date & time,
file name, and page number.
Get-from Mark Edwards <edwards@vms.macc.wisc.edu>
(as of December 1988; UNIX version available from Jim Ingram)
--
Jim Ingram uunet!h-three!jimi | jimi%h-three@uunet.uu.net
h-three Systems Corporation P.O. Box 12557 RTP NC 27709 919 549 8334
Name cz
Status free software (GNU license)
Targets UNIX
Features table-driven, handles almost any character set, uses
any font on printer, control font sizes, paper
size, page layout, number of columns, line numbers,
portrait or landscape mode, page reversal, leading
(line spacing), tab expansion. Emacs interface.
Get-from comp.sources.misc volume 8 issues 65-75, 77-78 ( 1 Oct 1989)
issue 97 (28 Oct 1989)
(Other prerequisites: see README file at beginning of
issue 65.)
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Howard Gayle
(address above)
Name Enscript
Status commercial
Targets UNIX
Features 1 or 2 columns, portrait or landscape, manual paper
feed, headers, line printer simulation, line wrap or
truncation, control lines on page, fonts.
Get-from Part of Adobe Transcript package
Name epsonps
Status free software
Targets MS-DOS
Features Epson LX-800 to PostScript translator, supports
international character sets, IBM graphics characters,
different width fonts, bit-mapped graphics.
Get-from coming soon on comp.sources.misc
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Russell Lang Email: rjl@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au Phone: (03) 565 3460
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Monash University, Australia
Name ETSR
Status commercial
Targets MS-DOS
Features Epson MX-80 to PostScript translator, includes
Epson Mx-80 graphics modes, supports virtual printers,
PrintScreen key
Get-from $75 from Niche Marketing, 7198 Camino Colegio, Rohnert
Park, CA 94928, USA. Phone +1 707-795-7306. Overseas
shipping is $5 extra. CA residents please include
6.25% sales tax.
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Clayton E. Cramer <cramer%optilink@uunet.UU.NET>
Name i2ps
Status copyrighted? Freely redistributable.
Targets UNIX
Features Handles ISO 8859/1 and Norwegian ISO 646. Written in
Perl. Line numbers, wrap or truncate long lines,
landscape, 2 or 3 column, control body font size.
Get-from alt.sources article <AAS.90Oct30172546@boeygen.nr.no>
posted 30 October 1990.
--
Gisle Aas | snail: Boks 114 Blindern, N-0314 Oslo, Norway
Norsk Regnesentral | X.400: G=Gisle;S=Aas;O=nr;P=uninett;C=no
voice: +47-2-453561 | inet: Gisle.Aas@nr.no
Name lpp
Status copyrighted; freely redistributable for noncommercial use
Targets UNIX, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, VAX/VMS, IBM PC, and more.
Features headers, different paper sizes, borders, font size,
banner page, truncate or fold long lines, adjust
margins, Swedish ISO 646, multiple copies.
Get-from Fredric Ihren <fred@nada.kth.se>
Name lwf
Status copyrighted; freely redistributable for noncommercial use
Targets UNIX
Features indent, portrait/landscape, margin adjust, page range,
point size, tab stops, headers, page reversal,
multicolumn printing (via pr)
Get-from comp.sources.unix volume 15 issue 8, 25 May 1988,
archive name lwf (obsolete version with minor bugs).
An updated version can be ftp'ed from cs.ubc.ca
(137.82.8.5) as pub/lwf-2.2.shar.Z.
--
Barry Brachman | UUCP: {alberta,uw-beaver,uunet}!ubc-cs!brachman
Dept. of Computer Science| Internet: brachman@cs.ubc.ca
Univ. of British Columbia|
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2 | CSNET: brachman@ubc.csnet
(604) 228-3123 |
Name Post
Status shareware ($5)
Targets MS-DOS
Features control margins, fonts, orientation, scaling
Get-from F. C. Betts
Veda Incorporated
Suite 200
5200 Springfield Pike
Dayton, OH 45431
Name POSTPRN
Status public domain
Targets MS-DOS
Features A MS-DOS device driver that prints {portrait, landscape} and
{1-up, 2-up, 4-up} pages. Automatically converts ASCII to
PostScript simply by opening the device and writing to it.
Get-from grape.ecs.clarkson.edu:/d/dosutil/postprn.zip
(315)268-6667 (1N8, 12/2400), file area 7, postprn.zip
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Russell Nelson (nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu)
Name printer
Status commercial
Targets UNIX and MS-DOS (C program)
Features Monofont (Courier); monosize (12 pitch).
With other devps programs, supports portrait
and landscape printing, manual feed, reverse
page order printing, message and other overlays,
^L (form feed) page eject.
Get-from Part of Pipeline Associates' devps package.
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Jim Ingram uunet!h-three!jimi | jimi%h-three@uunet.uu.net
h-three Systems Corporation P.O. Box 12557 RTP NC 27709 919 549 8334
Name psf
Status copyrighted; freely redistributable for noncommercial use
Targets UNIX, Xenix, MS DOS
Features 2-up, 4-up, landscape, portrait, control fonts and
sizes, double-sided printing, scaling, banner page.
Get-from comp.sources.misc volume 12 issues 104-109, archive
name psf2.
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tony@ajfcal.UUCP (Tony Field)
Name psfx80
Status commercial
Targets Sun 386i (UNIX MS-DOS capable machine)
Features Epson FX80 emulation with some limitations
Get-from Sun Microsystems, Inc. (with 386 or 486 box ? -:)
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witold@enme.UCalgary.CA | Witold Owoc
witold%enme@UNCANET.BITNET | The University of Calgary, Canada
uunet!ubc-cs!calgary!enme1!witold |Department of Mechanical Engineering
...alberta!/
Name PSR
Status
Targets MS-DOS
Features
Get-from
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I ported the old program PSR from Unix to DOS just yesterday, but I
haven't used it much. So far it works OK. I will be porting and
testing several other programs in the near future. I can send what I
have, but unless you are in a rush, wait a bit, OK?
--
Bill Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada B2Y 4A2
UUCP: ...!{uunet,watmath}!dalcs!biomel!bill
Internet: bill%biomel@cs.dal.CA BITNET: bill%biomel%dalcs@dalac
Name pstext
Status copyrighted; freely redistributable for noncommercial use
Targets UNIX
Features Handles tabs and backspaces, prints two-up, landscape
or portrait.
Get-from comp.sources.misc volume 11, issue 101, archive name
pstext, posted 7 April 1990.
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Dan Judd
St. Olaf College
danjudd@thor.acc.stolaf.edu
Name swtext
Status commercial
Targets
Features started off as a clone of Adobe's ``enscript'',
but is now greatly enhanced, eg large numbers of columns, ``document''
mode with paragraph fills and *bold* and _italic_ printing (controlled
by *...* and _..._ respectively), more control over page layout....
Get-from Harlequin Ltd,
Barrington Hall, Barrington, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
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scriptworks-request@harlqn.co.uk
Name text2ps
Status ?
Targets DOS, UNIX?
Features arbitrary rotation, control body font, body font
size, horizontal spacing, leading, left margin on even
and odd pages, top margin, fold long lines
Get-from comp.binaries.ibm.pc, volume 1, archive name text2ps.
It's C source, despite the name of the news group.
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Stephen Frede, UNSW, Australia
Modifications: Venu P. Gopal
Name TOPS
Status Freeware
Targets MS-DOS
Features Not many. Very simple text to ps filter. Quite fast.
Get-from Posted to comp.lang.postscript. Extra copies available from Ian.
--
Ian Farquhar Phone : (612) 805-7420
Office of Computing Services Fax : (612) 805-7433
Macquarie University NSW 2109 Also : (612) 805-7205
Australia Telex : AA122377
ACSNet ifarqhar@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz.au ifarqhar@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au