Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!necntc!adelie!ora!tim From: tim@ora.UUCP (Tim O'Reilly) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Postscript: How to produce it Message-ID: <642@ora.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 10:54:14 EDT Article-I.D.: ora.642 Posted: Mon Jul 27 10:54:14 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 01:46:33 EDT References: <178@qetzal.UUCP> Organization: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Newton, MA Lines: 24 Keywords: Microport postscript Summary: devps, TranScript, elan, softquad all produce PostScript Xref: mnetor comp.sources.wanted:1737 comp.unix.questions:3368 In article <178@qetzal.UUCP>, rcw@qetzal.UUCP (sysop) writes: > I have purchased Microport Unix's Text Preparation System, and > need to support postscript. > We use devps from Pipeline Associates (39 E. 12th Street, New York, NY 10003 (212) 598-4650 or bellcore!phw5!pat) ....$495 for source license We used devps to typeset our book on troff and were very happy with the results. Adobe Systems in Palo Alto, producers of PostScript, have their own package, called TranScript. .... $1495 for source license; binaries only on VAX and 3B2 A company called Elan, somewhere out in the Bay Area, has a package, but we don't know it. SoftQuad in Toronto has an enhanced version of troff called sqtroff that can produce PostScript. I'm not sure that you can buy the PostScript driver separately from sqtroff. -- Tim O'Reilly (617) 527-4210 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Publishers of Nutshell Handbooks 981 Chestnut Street, Newton, MA 02164 UUCP: seismo!uunet!ora!tim ARPA: tim@ora.uu.net