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Message no. 1
From: Brett Ryan Brown <calvinoi@********.SCRI.FSU.EDU>
Subject: PostScript for Mac?
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 11:44:25 18000
I wuz just wondering if anyone knew of any PS viewers or printers
(whatever) similar in function to ghostview or ghostscript (I do
believe those are the correct names) for the Apple Macintosh series of
computers? If so, please tell me where I can get one! Thanx, chummers!
-Calvinoi MindFlyer

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Message no. 2
From: John Fox <johnf@*****.EDU>
Subject: Re: PostScript for Mac?
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 16:29:40 -0500
On Sat, 30 Apr 1994, Brett Ryan Brown wrote:

> I wuz just wondering if anyone knew of any PS viewers or printers
> (whatever) similar in function to ghostview or ghostscript (I do
> believe those are the correct names) for the Apple Macintosh series of
> computers? If so, please tell me where I can get one! Thanx, chummers!

Ghostview is out for the Mac. It does not have a real intuitive
interface. It will only render at 72dpi, so printing (if it works at all)
is really poor quality. I think the whole program takes up a couple of
megabytes, although the documentation and examples can be junked because
they are either superfluous or in techno-jargon.

Try the ftp site sumex-aim.stanford.edu.

John Fox
johnf@*****.edu
Message no. 3
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: PostScript for Mac?
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 16:31:14 -0500
If you open up a .ps document in Word 5.1, I think it prints properly on a
LaserWrite 610 Pro.
Message no. 4
From: J Gavigan <csc086@*****.LANCS.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: PostScript for Mac?
Date: Sun, 1 May 1994 00:49:13 +0100
> If you open up a .ps document in Word 5.1, I think it prints properly on a
> LaserWrite 610 Pro.

Sometimes. But. most of da time, yeah! :)

Dodger
Message no. 5
From: Richard Osterhout <bitrunner@***.COM>
Subject: Re: PostScript for Mac?
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 20:55:00 EDT
i use a program called Transverter Pro by Techpool Software...
if you just want to print out a PS file, you can get a pd program called
Drop.PS...

from what i've seen, Word only handles EPS, not straight PS...

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