PostScript support on AIX3
Applied Magnetics
3003jalp at ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
Fri Dec 14 03:31:59 AEST 1990
Where is the PostScript support on the RISC/6000 ? An InfoExplorer
search for `Display PostScript' reveals that `we support Display
PostScript, too'. A search for `PostScript' ferrets out more
low-level stuff.
I would expect this much:
1) A utility to convert straight ascii files to ps.
2) Font tables and a postprocessor for troff.
3) A ps previewer.
4) Instructions to configure InfoExplorer for printing.
Instead, I find this:
1-2: nothing. Fortunately, I have some freeware; we'll see.
3: A bunch of sources in /usr/lpp/DPS/examples and a few executables
in /usr/lpp/DPS/bin. Except for bin/copyright, I can't figure out
what they do.
4: Nothing serious. Info is pre-configured and shrink-wrapped. It
prints graphics, but attempts to print the text articles as
straight ascii. Well, my printer takes PostScript only, ascii
won't work; besides, I want typeset output.
I hesitate to ask IBM. What wisdom is there on the net?
--Pierre Asselin, R&D, Applied Magnetics. I speak for me (mostly).
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