Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 12:52:05 -0500 From: frank AT manua DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (Frank Chen) To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, P DOT A DOT Robinson AT engineering DOT hull DOT ac DOT uk Subject: Re: documentation on djgpp >Anthony Duben writes: > >> Is it not true that you need a Postscript cartridge in order >> to run off Postscript files on an HP Laserjet printer? If you >> do not have one, you are out of luck. > >Even if you have a postscript printer, you're limited to printing the >whole documentation or none at all. Not True! If the postscript file use Adobe DSC, there are some postscript utilities that allow you to extract particular pages from the postscript file. I use the utilities to separate big postscript file(200+ pages) into smaller size so that my colleagues can still use the printer and I don't need to make sure that I am nearby when printer running out of paper if I print it from Macintosh(If you did not refill the paper within the timeout period, the job got terminated) Also, I can read the postscript file with ghostview and print the pages I marked. Of course, all of above will work when the postscript use Adobe DSC. BTW, Thanks for the person who provide postscript documents on omnigate. However, those postscript files seem to be prepared for an black-on-while (or white-on-black) laser printer engine(different type of engine from my LaserWriter IIG). Is there another set for the LaserWriter IIG? Or is there any trick that I can play with postscript? or any utilities available to do this job? Thanks! -Frank Chen ==================================================================== Chih-Hung Chen(Frank), GSC/SAIC SeaWiFS Data System NASA/GSFC Code 970.2 (301) 286-9531, fax:(301) 286-1775 Greenbelt, Maryland 20771