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- From: grover@cash.isri.unlv.edu (Kevin Grover)
- Subject: Re: Reading postscript on PC.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.194250.10268@unlv.edu>
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- Organization: Information Science Research Institute (UNLV-ISRI)
- References: <1992Dec21.004740.14324@ramon.bgu.ac.il>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 19:42:50 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <1992Dec21.004740.14324@ramon.bgu.ac.il>, ioffe@ivory.bgu.ac.il (Ioffe Nicolay) writes:
- )
- ) Hello netters!
- ) Maybe you can solve my problem.
- ) I've viewed some .ps file with xpsview on Silicon station in our lab.
- ) After I copied it and tried to view it with CorelDraw in Windows(on Pc).
- ) I used filter for Adobe EPS(since there wasn't any other filter) and got
- ) the message : Wrong format.
- ) Maybe someone can point me how can I read PostScript on PC, an
- ) How to print it on HP LaserJet IIP, which is not Postscript printer.
- )
- ) Nick
- )
-
- CorelDRAW is NOT a PostScript processor. It can read certain EPS
- files (specifically, those created by Adobe Illustrator, and those
- created by CorelTRACE.) When reading these file formats, it does not
- execute the commands, but rather turns them into internal CorelDRAW
- objects which you can then manipulate. (I.e., CorelDRAW understands
- what each of the little PostSript procedures that AI defines does, and
- converts them into an internal format). You can think of AI and
- CorelTRACE EPS files as a very specific subset of PostScript.
-
- If you want be able to view any PostScript file, get Ghostview (for
- the PC). It is GNU Freeware. There are also severl commerical
- products.
-
- - kev
-
- PS Ghostview view is on SIMTEL20 in <MSDOS.POSTSCRIPT>, and on
- its mirrors (oak.oakland.edu) in /pub/msdos/postscript/gs*.zip
- (there are also some font files you will need, look at the
- Index file for more information)
-