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From: geof@apolling (Geof Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Unix software to interprete PostScript?
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Date: 5 Dec 88 22:42:05 GMT
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In article <2076@daisy.UUCP> cplai@daisy.UUCP (Chung-Pang Lai) writes:
>QMS recently unveiled a PostScript Interpeter called UltraScript PC.
>It is a software interpretor that runs on a PC and output postscript
>to any non-postscript printers including the Epson LQ series, IBM
>Proprinter X24 and XL24 series, and other 24-pin dot-matrix printers
>that emulate them; HP's DeskJet and LaserJet Series I & II; and other
>true HP PCL compatible printers.  Prices: $195 (25 typefaces), $495 
>(47 typefaces)

I have been too busy to describe this product fully, so I haven't sent
anything.  It is a DOS TSR that uses protected mode, extended memory
and demand paging technology to support printing PostScript files from
inside an application or at DOS level.  The package emphasizes "user
friendliness" and transparent "seaming" into an applications
environment such as Windows.

Arguments about software vs. hardware RIPs apply; QMS still sells a LOT
of different hardware RIPs.  This product is aimed at users who:
	- can't afford existing PostScript compatible solutions
	- can't justify them, since they only print a few pages a day
	- don't have laser printers

The product will be sold through The Laser Connection.  Call them for
details.

>The problem is that we are on unix!  Could anyone on the net summarize
>what unix software (product or public domain) can be used to output
>postscript files to an non-postscript printer.

Sorry, we went for the big market this time.  Maybe some future
product.

- Geof