howard@hasse.ericsson.se (Howard Gayle) (02/13/90)
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 can then mail it to people who
request information, or maybe post it now and then. I hope the
format is self-explanatory. Please email any additions or
corrections to me---don't post them. (I'm especially interested
in a complete entry for a2ps.)
--
Howard Gayle
TN/ETX/TT/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
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TEXT-TO-POSTSCRIPT CONVERSION SOFTWARE
Name a2ps
Status
Targets
Features
Get-from science.utah.edu
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.)
--
Howard Gayle
TN/ETX/TT/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
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 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
(128.189.97.5). It's in tmp/lwf-2.2.shar.Z.
--
Barry Brachman | UUCP: {alberta,uw-beaver,uunet}!
Dept. of Computer Science| ubc-vision!ubc-csgrads!brachman
Univ. of British Columbia| Internet: brachman@cs.ubc.ca
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5 | brachman%ubc.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
(604) 228-3123 | brachman@ubc.csnet
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 PSR
Status
Targets MS-DOS
Features
Get-from
--
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 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.
--
Clayton E. Cramer <cramer%optilink@uunet.UU.NET>
Name TOPS
Status
Targets
Features
Get-from comp.binaries.ibm.pc
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