paulg@bhpmrl.oz.au (Paul Gallagher) (10/31/90)
Hi,
I'm looking for a C library of functions that can assist in
the generation of postscript output. Does anyone know of anything
available commercially or otherwise that is worth looking at?
btw, I'm talking TC on a PC.
Thanks in advance, Paul.
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\/\/\/orthlieb@adobe.COM (Carl Orthlieb) (11/01/90)
In article <1668@merlin.bhpmrl.oz.au> paulg@bhpmrl.oz.au (Paul Gallagher) writes: >Hi, >I'm looking for a C library of functions that can assist in >the generation of postscript output. Does anyone know of anything >available commercially or otherwise that is worth looking at? > >btw, I'm talking TC on a PC. > Adobe does offer a course called "Generic Driver" which explains how to generate efficient PostScript language code. A technical paper describing the Generic Text Interface of the driver and source code will be available on our server within a few months. Below is a extract from the technical paper. "While not a full-blown PostScript printer driver, the Generic Text Interface does handle the difficult problems associated with writing the text handling portion of a PostScript printer driver. Most notably, this means handling dynamic font downloading and the associated memory management problems. The Generic PostScript Text Interface can be used as a basis for an efficient PostScript driver that supports more functionality than many existing drivers. Also included with the source code for the driver itself is a sample program called lotest which illustrates how to call the driver to generate efficient PostScript output. Additionally included are several pieces of source code that may be used to help support text output on a PostScript device, such as an AFM (Adobe Font Metrics) file parser." In order to register for this course, please call Marci Eversole at 1-415-962-4912. Carl 8-)
shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter) (11/13/90)
I just got some literature in the mail from Fleming Software (phone/fax (703)591-6451) that describes a Borland BGI interface for generating PostScript from Turbo C using the standard graphics library. I don't know how well it works; when I need to generate PostScript from C, I just use printf. :-) Ken (shiva@well.sf.ca.us)