| Re: Viewing and Printing PostScript Files [message #74033 is a reply to message #74032] |
Thu, 16 December 2010 09:51   |
natha
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Registered: October 2007
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On Dec 16, 11:08 am, Michael Galloy <mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/16/10 7:34 AM, David Fanning wrote:
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>> Folks,
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>> I'm writing a short section to today on viewing and printing
>> PostScript files (especially on non-PostScript printers).
>> I know about GhostScript and GSView, which I use on Windows,
>> but I'm less familiar with what Macintosh people use, and with
>> alternatives to GhostScript.
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>> What do you use to view and print PostScript files?
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> Preview, which comes with Mac OS X mostly for viewing PDF and image
> files, will automatically convert a PostScript file to a PDF for
> viewing/printing.
The only problem with preview is when you have PostScripts with non-
standard dimensions, for example 50x20.
It seems that the final conversion to PDF is not correct (or maybe I'm
missing something). The final file is cut and you will miss some
information.
nata
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