dkchen@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Ding-Kai Chen) (11/13/90)
Hi, netland, Dose anybody have first hand experience of running the GNU GhostScript v.20 on a PC? How does it look on an EGA or VGA screen? I tried it on a SUN 3/50 running SUN OS 4.1 where the Times-Roman font looks so "thin" that it is almost unreadable. Besides, the doc says little about how to print it on a dot-matrix printer. I have a 24-pin Panasonic KX-1124. Can anybody give me some idea how to print it and how is the quality? Thanks. DKChen -- -=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=--=(*)=- dkchen@csrd.uiuc.edu -More-
cs00chs@unccvax.uncc.edu (charles spell) (11/14/90)
In article <1990Nov12.181950.3179@csrd.uiuc.edu>, dkchen@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Ding-Kai Chen) writes: > Hi, netland, > Dose anybody have first hand experience of running the GNU GhostScript > v.20 on a PC? How does it look on an EGA or VGA screen? > ...stuff deleted... > I have a 24-pin Panasonic KX-1124. Can anybody give me some idea how to > print it and how is the quality? I have just compiled GS v2.0 and installed the bgi and laserjet drivers that come with it. I compiled it (after a simple change to ialloc.c) with TurboC++ 1.0 and it didn't run properly. I used TurboC 2.0 and it ran fine. The building of the gs.exe can be slightly troublesome, but it could be easier with minor tweaking of the makefiles mdos.mak and gdevs.mak. The bgi driver gives (in my opinion) a nice display. The Panasonic printer you're using may be compatible (a superset) of one of the printer drivers given. If not, you'll hafta wait for someone to write one or write one yourself. The gs v2.0 source is made very modular (excellent design) so you could use the drivers given as a model to write your own with minimal effort. I'm looking for some fonts to go with it. Any ideas anyone? I have ftp access. Thanx. -- .--------------------------. ... |On the border of your mind lies a place |uunet!mcnc!unccvax!cs00chs| (") |where dreams and reality are one...I will `--------------------------'-w-U-w-|take you there, for I am the subject... \%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\|the subject of your imagination. -Aldo Nova