Re: GS/OS Printing and Ghostscript

[jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu (James L. Brookes)]

In article <1992Nov12.062108.2413@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp 
(Philip McDunnough) writes:

>There is a PD program called Ghostscript which takes Postscript
>files and outputs them to a variety of printers. Is this available
>for the GS? If it were, would the LaserWriter Postscript driver 
>for the GS support colour printing?
> 
>Ghostscript outputs to virtually every printer around. It would be
>a viable solution to those wanting inexpensive colour printing to
>say an HP Deskjet 550C and many others.

God, I wish there was.  GNU (who did Ghostscript, btw) also has send/receive
fax software, which is set up as a print spooler, effectively.  You can
email a daemon, and it will send faxes etc...really a very slick setup.

Unfortunately, it requires ghostscript to operate.  I FTPd the ghostscript
archive, and was a bit taken aback to discover it had 1.5mb tarred and 
compressed source.  Of course, lots of that is screen drivers for X that
could be removed, but it looks like a very major project.

I too would love to see it ported, but don't hold your breath.  It's a very
very massive program, and would take a lot of effort to port from what I 
can see.

>Philip McDunnough
>philip@utstat.toronto.edu
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