tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Terry Jones) (02/13/88)
It seems that every few days someone wants a this to ps or that to ps. Maybe it is time someone put it all into one filter that did epson, diablo, hpgl, dvi, plot etc to ps all in one. You would use a switch to tell it which to ps you wanted. Any takers out there that have gobs of time and no projects? (Like I STILL haven't finished my hpgl to postscript converter so I am definitely not in the gobs of time catagory!!!) tj
val@wsccs.UUCP (Val Kartchner) (02/23/88)
In article <1988Feb13.131740.785@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Terry Jones) writes: > It seems that every few days someone wants a this to ps or that to ps. > Maybe it is time someone put it all into one filter that did > epson, diablo, hpgl, dvi, plot etc to ps all in one. You would > use a switch to tell it which to ps you wanted. Does anyone out there have a PostScript to arbitrary bitmap coverter? I'm talking about using a PostScript input file, and it will call change color, plot point, draw line, etc. functions. There are a lot of PostScript images out there, but we don't have a printer that will do it. Thanks in advance, -=:[ VAL ]:=- -- ---- /\ ---------------------------------------------------------------- /\/\ . /\ | Val Kartchner {UT@WSC} | This space / \/ \/\/ \ | #include <disclaimer.h> | intentionally blank ===/ U i n T e c h \===!ihnp4!utah-cs!utah-gr!uplherc!sp7040!obie!val=====
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (02/26/88)
|> It seems that every few days someone wants a this to ps or that to ps. |> Maybe it is time someone put it all into one filter that did |> epson, diablo, hpgl, dvi, plot etc to ps all in one. You would |> use a switch to tell it which to ps you wanted. | | Does anyone out there have a PostScript to arbitrary bitmap coverter? | I'm talking about using a PostScript input file, and it will call | change color, plot point, draw line, etc. functions. There are a lot | of PostScript images out there, but we don't have a printer that will | do it. The original poster asked for something to ps converters to be merged. Since ps is more powerful than most of the somethings, this is feasible, but tedious and perhaps unwise. I'm not sure you want to merge dvitops with plottops. This program would have more options than your swiss army knife. Ps to something is another can of worms. Given that you want to go to lowlow resolution you may end up with less than useable quality and performance. However, if you are intent on trying you might look at Crispin Goswell's ps previewer to get an idea of the magnitude of the task. And it runs as fast as mollasses. Not the author's fault, just the sheer amount of work the program has to do. Oh, and don't forget to tell us all where you can get fonts to match the ps fonts. Ken