From Patrick.Bultinck@rug.ac.be Wed Nov 3 04:47:07 1993 Received: from mserv.rug.ac.be for Patrick.Bultinck@rug.ac.be by www.ccl.net (8.6.1/930601.1506) id EAA13754; Wed, 3 Nov 1993 04:18:31 -0500 Received: from allserv.rug.ac.be by mserv.rug.ac.be with SMTP id AA03239 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Wed, 3 Nov 1993 10:18:12 +0100 Received: by allserv.rug.ac.be (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA13864; Wed, 3 Nov 93 10:15:59 +0100 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1993 10:15:29 +0100 (MET) From: Patrick Bultinck Sender: Patrick Bultinck Reply-To: Patrick Bultinck Subject: re:PS Unix->Mac To: CHEMISTRY@ccl.net Cc: Patrick.Bultinck@rug.ac.be In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Length: 1527 Status: R > Dear Mr. Song Liu > > I have read your request for information concerning viewing > Unix PS on the Mac. I believe that there exists a package > for this purpose. I would try to find someone who could > test the FREEDOM OF PRESS package to see if that can solve > your problem. Alternatively if you want to print the file on > a MAC printer you can use the LASERWRITER utility (if you > use a PS laserwriter off course). You put the file from the > Unix machine on an MS_DOS disk, you put the file on your > Hard Disk and then you tell the utility to print the PS file. > If you have knowledge of the PS language and if you want to see > something like the colour used for the picture, just read > your file into a wordprocessor (MS_WORD e.g.). > In Short : To print the file on a PS printer, use the utilities > that come with most PS printers. > To print a file on a non-ps printer (e.g. HP deskwriter) > you can use packages like Freedom of press > If you want to view the stuff on your mac, try to find > somebody who could let you use his version of FOP to make > sure if it can handle your problem (I think it is possible) > before you buy it. > If it would be your aim to manipulate the files, I would > suggest you to send a note to one of the MAC ftp-sites... > If you don't find an answer there, bury the problem... > > I hope that you find a solution, > Patrick > Patrick.Bultinck@rug.ac.be>