tim@gvlf9-e.gvl.unisys.com (01/12/90)
In trying to convert our site from Imagen based to Postscript
I have encountered the need for a postscript program which I beleive has
already been written. Using the imprint command for the Imagen it is
possible to print two pages of text onto one sheet of paper by compressing
the text size and placing them side by side on the paper in landscape mode.
Is there something available which will allow me to print ascii text
to a postscript printer in this fashion???? I think that I could write
such an animal but am not too excited about reinventing the wheel.
Any help would be greatly apprecieated!!!
Much Thanks--
--tim
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Paoli, PA 19301 ...!{gatech,purdue}!psuvax1!burdvax!gvlv2!timjwi@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) (01/12/90)
In article <487@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM>, tim@gvlf9-e.gvl.unisys.com writes: > > In trying to convert our site from Imagen based to Postscript > I have encountered the need for a postscript program which I beleive has > already been written. Using the imprint command for the Imagen it is > possible to print two pages of text onto one sheet of paper by compressing > the text size and placing them side by side on the paper in landscape mode. > > Is there something available which will allow me to print ascii text > to a postscript printer in this fashion???? I think that I could write > such an animal but am not too excited about reinventing the wheel. There is a program called VP Saddle that is intended to take PS output from Ventura Publisher and print it side-by-side in appropriate order for saddle stitiching. It might be usable for what you need. It costs less than $100. Unfortunately, I don't have ordering information here. You can get an address by calling PUBLISH! Magazine. Jim Winer -- Post, don't email, I usually can't reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- opinions not necessarily | "Why on earth would we want a human intelligence and do not represent | living in circuitry? any other sane person | We can already mass produce human intelligence especially not employer. | with unskilled labor | almost anyplace fairly cheaper." -- Jim Meritt
evans@testmax.ZK3.DEC.COM (Marc Evans Ultrix Q/A) (01/12/90)
There is a Public Domain program that was recently posted to alt.sources
(I think it was there anyway) called mpage. It takes either ASCII or Postscript
format text and outputs to a PostScript printer using 1,2,4, or 8 pages to a
sheet of paper.
- Marc
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==========================================================================sgupta@geo4.rdrc.rpi.edu (Suvajit Gupta) (01/13/90)
In article <487@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> tim@gvl.unisys.com writes: > In trying to convert our site from Imagen based to Postscript >I have encountered the need for a postscript program which I beleive has >already been written. Using the imprint command for the Imagen it is >possible to print two pages of text onto one sheet of paper by compressing >the text size and placing them side by side on the paper in landscape mode. There is a program called "enscript" available with Adobe Systems' TRANSCRIPT package. This converts plain text files into POSTSCRIPT format. To print in landscape two-up mode, type: enscript -2r filename -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Suvajit Gupta : <sgupta@rdrc.rpi.edu> | | | | "Baa Baa Black Sheep, Have You Any Wool?" "NO!" |