Re: Text-to-PostScript

[Ola Olsson <oeolsson%tmisnet.com@localhost>]

>On Sat, 26 Oct 1996 20:05:45 -0500 (CDT),
>Peter Seebach <seebs%solon.com@localhost> wrote about Re: Text-to-PostScript:
> Yes, there's "genscript-x.y.z" at prep.ai.mit.edu.  It even has a feature
> to generate the patently *wrong* ^D<cr> expected by some broken HP printers.
> (And Xerox printers, I must admit.)
>
>On Sat, 26 Oct 1996
>fox%CS.McGill.CA@localhost (Colin BRADLEY) wrote:
>
>Do you mean something like 'a2ps'? It produces PS from ASCII
>text (as its name suggests...)
>
>If so, it's probably available somewhere at
>gatekeeper.dec.com... 
>
>Paul M. Newhouse wrote:
>
>Try:
>
>ftp://ftp.imag.fr/archive/postscript/format.translators/
>
>a2ps-a4-a4.3 is in the FreeBSD ports.
>
>Peter Seebach wrote:
>
>Yes, there's "genscript-x.y.z" at prep.ai.mit.edu.  It even has
afeature
>to generate the patently *wrong* ^D<cr> expected by some broken HP
printers.
>(And Xerox printers, I must admit.)
>
>Zach Fine wrote:
>
>Get GNU enscript from your favorite GNU project ftp site.  It works
>very well to convert text to postscript, and can be used as an lpr
>filter that'll convert text to PS, but pass PS and/or PCL data
>straight to the printer.
>
>Matthias Scheler wrote:
>
>1.) Download and install Ghostscript 4.0.3 and fonts.
>2.) Download and install Magic Filter 1.1.
>
>It's *important* that you install the programs in this order.
>
>Clint Marek wrote:
>
>I have used atp-2.1 under Linux. It should compile easily under
NetBSD.
>Look at sunsite.unc.edu (or mirrors) under
/pub/Linux/system/Printing/.
>The archive is atp-1.2.tar.gz.


WOW! Did I hit the jackpot!
DO I Know how to ask the right questions or what? ;>)

Thanks everyone!
Ola