Not directly related to NWC, but... Does anyone know of a utility to allow printing Postscript files to a "regular" printer (24-pin DMP or HP-PCL)?
Reason I ask is that I found a wealth of classical scores in Postscript format.
Hi Fred
I print *.ps files from DOS by copying them to the printer.
Heres how assuming you are using a PC with Win95.
Open a DOS window and go to the directory where the PS files are kept.
Type at the prompt
copy<space><filename>.<extension><space><printer path>
Example (Note I am on a LAN and my printer is networked)
C:\music\>
C:\music\>copy jingle.ps \\regent\rp_prot
You should be able to find out the path for the printer by
Start>Settings>Printers then select the printer from the list and File>Properties>Details the path is the entry in "Print to the following port" box.
Get back to me if you have any trouble.
Thanks Sergio. No, I'm not presently running Win95 (tried it, didn't like it) but I have no trouble finding my way around DOS.
My difficulty is that neither of my printers support the PS format. If I try to dump a PS graphics file directly to print all I get is a bunch of gibberish. What I'm looking for is something that translates the PS protocol (metalanguage?) into the graphics bitmaps expected by Epson DMP or HP-PCL laserjets.
Regards,
fred
Ok. Well that's about the limit of my experience on this matter. I had some music sent from a quintet in the States and that is how I handled the files via a postscript printer.
Happy hunting
Sergio
There is GhostScript that could help you.
Maybe some good picture program can convert them but I dunno any.
About GhostScript, refer to http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/new25.html to download gsv25w16.zip (Win16, 508k), and http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ for more information.
You'll need Aladdin Ghostscript, look at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/get403.html for this latter.
Hope this helps!
Cool!! That's *precisely* what I was looking for. Nice to see that it's distributed under GPL. (*Bonus*)
Thanks for the help.