Murky@cup.portal.com (Gary A Murakami) (06/01/90)
I beleive I've seen requests for an HPGL -> Postscipt filter or conversion program but was never interested in the answer until now. Please let me know if they exist and any help in pointers to them would be appreciated also. Gary Murakami Murky@cup.portal.com (818) 915-9773
sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun Anu-guest) (06/01/90)
In article <30385@cup.portal.com> Murky@cup.portal.com (Gary A Murakami) writes: >I beleive I've seen requests for an HPGL -> Postscipt filter >or conversion program but was never interested in the answer >until now. Please let me know if they exist and any help >in pointers to them would be appreciated also. > >Gary Murakami >Murky@cup.portal.com >(818) 915-9773 I know the above question has been asked for more than a few times, but I am not sure if the following is true also: Does anyone know of any HPGL to PostScript converter that generates Encapsulated PostScript codes? Thanks. Andy
dmatlock@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Delbert Matlock) (06/01/90)
In article <30385@cup.portal.com> Murky@cup.portal.com (Gary A Murakami) writes: >I beleive I've seen requests for an HPGL -> Postscipt filter If there is something out there like this that could be ported to OS/2, I could really put this to work on a 3+Open LAN Manager network. Postscript and HPGL on one printer would be a real plus! ============================================================================= Delbert Matlock Internet: dmatlock@eecs.cs.pdx.edu MicroNet Northwest UUCP: dmatlock@eecs.UUCP Voice: (503)228-3071
AMillar@cup.portal.com (Alan DI Millar) (06/02/90)
Well, it wasn't designed as a converter, but Microsoft Word will import HPGL (and TIFF and a few others) and will produce Postscript, Laserjet PCL, Epson or you-name-it to the printer or a disk file. Since I already have it, that's what I use. - Alan Millar AMillar@cup.portal.com
woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan) (06/02/90)
In article <90May31.213104edt.19674@me.utoronto.ca>, sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun Anu-guest) writes: > In article <30385@cup.portal.com> Murky@cup.portal.com (Gary A Murakami) writes: > Does anyone know of any HPGL to PostScript converter that generates > Encapsulated PostScript codes? Thanks. > > Andy I think Hijak can do this. I believe there is an article in one of the major journals (Personal Workstations or PC Mag.) this month on commercial convertion programs. Ron -- +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org +
ken@kericks.chi.il.us (Ken Erickson) (06/08/90)
I'm posting this for a friend whose news poster is temporarily broken. Please direct replies to madsen@vijit.chi.il.us. Subject: For those asking about HPGL <-> PS There does exist a program that was posted on the net in a comp.sources group (unix or misc, probably) that converts HPGL to postscript. I don't remember the complete name, but it starts out with `hp...'. I don't know of any program that does the reverse as a filter, although there are some *DOS* postscript interpreter packages out there (GoScript, UltraScript PC, et al). These packages were reviewed in a recent (within a couple of months) PC World magazine. In general UltraScript PC came out on top. Personally, I decided to bite the bullet and got the HP Postscript cartridge for my LJ; it works on DOS and Unix, and it's faster and I don't have to fool around with filters and interpreters. It also required additional memory. I bought HP, but was told later that that was foolish (3rd party add on memory is just as good and seriously cheaper). I also got `psf2' from comp.sources.misc, which does quite a nice job of printing ascii files on a postscript printer. I typically use landscape 2-up; it's very readable, and saves paper and toner. [Now I'm "environmentally aware". Save those trees! :-)] Hope this answers some questions. Dave Madsen ---dcm gargoyle.uchicago.edu!vijit!madsen (uucp) or madsen@vijit.chi.il.us (domain) This message claims to state the personal opinion of ONLY myself, and no other person or organization, living, dead, or in Chapter 11. -- Ken Erickson ken@kericks.chi.il.us (domain) ...!gargoyle.uchicago.edu!clout!kericks!ken (UUCP) ----------------------------------------------------