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From: jb@aablue.UUCP (John B Scalia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: WordPerfect ---> Compugraphic Typesetting Equipment
Summary: We've done this, but the Wonderful mailer couldn't reach you.
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Date: 29 Sep 89 13:17:37 GMT
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This reply probably won't interest most of you, but the &*$# mailer
bounced my reply. So unless you too are trying to drive Compugraphic
hardware hit "n" now ----


In article <89267.180604ALG106@PSUVM.BITNET> you write:
>A friend of mine needs a program to convert WordPerfect 5.0 to go into
>a Compugraphic Typesetter.  What is needed is a translation table for the
>Compugraphic Equipment.  Right now, the only thing they can do is save the

OK, I've done this, although I go WP to Xerox Viewpoint to MCS. Is your
friend trying to go to an MCS8400 or to one of the newer, say 9700 lasers?
If I'm not mistaken they use different codes and the 9700 can import
Postscript files. I'll assume MCS (since I've got one and its harder to
do this with that.)

About your options:
>    1: Get a translation table for WordPerfect 5.0 (neither Compugraphic,
>       or WordPerfect have one)

The salesman from Agfa Compugraphic was in here yesterday, and I could
almost swear he said they could translate WP files using their Advanced
Communications Interface (ACI) system.

>    2: Write macros to convert WordPerfect's control codes to ascii symbols
>       that the standard translation table will understand.
>    3: Write a translation table for the Compugraphic equipment

You probably won't need to do this even if the ACI can't do this. I know
of a couple companies: Mumford Micro Systems and 'Puter Group both can
convert PC stuff into native MCS codes.

I don't have any idea where either company is located; I've gotten sample
disks of their products from a place called:

	Printer's Shareware
	5019-5021 West Lovers Lane
	Dallas, TX 75209
	1-214-350-1902

Mind you, it does cost to join them, and all you can get from them is either
a shareware diskette or a crippled demo program, but it might be a start.

Xerox also has software that will do this but it's mucho $$$$$. You have
to buy either a dedicated workstation, the XPS-701, or software for your
VAX or *nix box, called XICS. But it really works, we use XICS.

>    4: Get a conversion program to convert WordPerfect into Wordstar

Probably not necessary.

Anyway, that's my $.02. Hope it gives you a start.

jb@aablue
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Sometimes they do let me speak for the company, not today though.