Conference 7.286::postscript_printing

7193.0. "Quikscript: ASCII to PS (in printer) Converter" by XDELTA::HOFFMAN (Steve, OpenVMS Engineering) Fri May 09 1997 17:22

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From: Lucio Chiappetti <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: ASCII -> Postscript conversion?
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 18:34:35 +0200
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 MARTIN FALVEY (MIS) EMAIL:[email protected] wrote:
> >         I'm after a program which would convert straight text ASCII files
> >         to the Postscript format so I can output on an Apple Laser Writer

Slightly off-topic on comp.os.vms, should be in comp.lang.postscript but ...

If you want a really system-independent solution, Quikscript does the
ASCII to PS conversion IN THE PRINTER. It is a ps job which does an entire
word processor (if you want, I use it only to print my ascii files with a
custom header, or my mails with header and body in different fonts, with a
little wrapper). You'll enjoy it.

And it's also coming from a place close to you ! :-)

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The Quikscript distribution is available by anonymous ftp from
"ftp.adfa.oz.au" in the directory "pub/postscript".  It can also be
accessed through URL http://www.cs.adfa.oz.au/~gfreeman

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