Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-15 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 00:35 wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 05:09:22PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: I have filed issues with: + https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues + https://github.com/antlarr-suse/ttf-converter/issues Watch progress of my Raku module FontConverter (a WIP) at: +

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-14 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 05:09:22PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: [...] > > > /share/fontforge/ > WTH? /share is not and never has been a root directory in any distro I ever > used. It might be just "usr merge, to the bitter end" ;-) To me it looks like a "configure" gone wrong, where the prefi

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-14 Thread gene heskett
On 7/14/23 16:11, Charles Curley wrote: On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 07:37:50 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: Well, life is not so simple. The example script doesn't work off the mark because fontforge apparently has hard-coded paths. Well, that was silly of them. For starters, it expects /share/font

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-14 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 15:11 Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 07:37:50 -0500 > Tom Browder wrote: > > > Well, life is not so simple. The example script doesn't work off the > > mark because fontforge apparently has hard-coded paths. > > Well, that wa

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-14 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 07:37:50 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > Well, life is not so simple. The example script doesn't work off the > mark because fontforge apparently has hard-coded paths. Well, that was silly of them. > For starters, > it expects > >/share/fontforge/ > > but my installation ha

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-14 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 07:57 Tom Browder wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 07:37 Tom Browder wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 18:29 Tom Browder wrote: >> >> > > Aha, I found a python (ugh) ttf-converter on Github. I hope I can kludge a > mod to do the conversion I need. > >From reading the

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-14 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 07:37 Tom Browder wrote: > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 18:29 Tom Browder wrote: > > Aha, I found a python (ugh) ttf-converter on Github. I hope I can kludge a mod to do the conversion I need. -Tom

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-14 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 18:29 Tom Browder wrote: > Well, life is not so simple. The example script doesn't work off the mark because fontforge apparently has hard-coded paths. For starters, it expects /share/fontforge/ but my installation has /usr/share/fontforge But there is hope. Will

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-13 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 17:06 Dan Ritter wrote: > Tom Browder wrote: > https://fontforge.org/docs/faq.html#faq-outline-conversion Yes, Dan, I'm using that for the .pfb conversion since they show that. And I do plan to try with .t1/.pfa after I get my .pfb converter working. I was hoping someo

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Tom Browder wrote: > I know the binary version of the PS fonts can be converted to TrueType by > FontForge. > > However, is there a way to convert from the PS ASCII version .pfa file to > the binary .pfb file? I think that fontforge can do it. Worth trying; it's packaged. https://fontforge.org/

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-13 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 7/13/23 2:28 PM, Tom Browder wrote: I know the binary version of the PS fonts can be converted to TrueType by FontForge. However, is there a way to convert from the PS ASCII version .pfa file to the binary .pfb file? I have a very old font editor, that I used briefly (on a neighbor's WinDo

Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-13 Thread Tom Browder
I know the binary version of the PS fonts can be converted to TrueType by FontForge. However, is there a way to convert from the PS ASCII version .pfa file to the binary .pfb file? Thanks. -Tom

Re: Using fontforge to convert TrueType or OpenType fonts to PostScript Type 1

2021-07-27 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 23:50 Teemu Likonen wrote: > > * 2021-07-26 16:15:01-0500, Tom Browder wrote: > > Can anyone show how to script the above conversion? > It's not good writing style to refer to a subject or heading. True, I don't usually do that. I apologize. > the script itself is simple

Re: Using fontforge to convert TrueType or OpenType fonts to PostScript Type 1

2021-07-26 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2021-07-26 16:15:01-0500, Tom Browder wrote: > Can anyone show how to script the above conversion? It's not good writing style to refer to a subject or heading. A reader may need to skip back to it if he didn't expect it to be referred later. Message or document content should be clear even wit

Using fontforge to convert TrueType or OpenType fonts to PostScript Type 1

2021-07-26 Thread Tom Browder
Can anyone show how to script the above conversion? The output should at least have the first 256 glyps, but converting to multiple Types 1 or an acceptable PostScript Level 2 or 3 advanced type is better (as long it can be represented in a PS printer-acceptable text file). I have had success

PostScript Manuals.

2018-06-10 Thread peter
Anyone here still interested in PostScript? I have these three manuals and wonder whether to donate them or recycle the paper. PostScript Language Reference Manual, Second Edition PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook, Twenty-first Printing, January 1993 Adobe Type 1 Font Format, Version

Re: Problems with Helvetica font in ps-print files (was: Environment variables affecting postscript files?)

2015-03-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: > I'm having troubles with ps files generated by Emacs ps-print package - > footers are partially cut off. Is it possibile that some environment > variable causes the weird? And how can I know (and work it out)? The problem is worked out simply changing the font used for

Troubles with ps-print files (was: Environment variables affecting postscript files?)

2015-03-03 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: >>>> I'm having troubles with ps files generated by Emacs ps-print package - >>>> footers are partially cut off. I'm attaching a test file that shows the problem. Rodolfo stampa.ps Description: PostScript document

Re: Environment variables affecting postscript files?

2015-03-03 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Curt writes: > On 2015-03-03, Mark Carroll wrote: >> >>> I'm having troubles with ps files generated by Emacs ps-print package - >>> footers are partially cut off. Is it possibile that some environment >>> variable causes the weird? And how can I know (and work it out)? >> >> I've never used t

Re: Environment variables affecting postscript files?

2015-03-03 Thread Curt
On 2015-03-03, Mark Carroll wrote: > >> I'm having troubles with ps files generated by Emacs ps-print package - >> footers >> are partially cut off. Is it possibile that some environment variable causes >> the weird? And how can I know (and work it out)? > > I've never used that package, but th

Re: Environment variables affecting postscript files?

2015-03-03 Thread Mark Carroll
Rodolfo Medina writes: > I'm having troubles with ps files generated by Emacs ps-print package - > footers > are partially cut off. Is it possibile that some environment variable causes > the weird? And how can I know (and work it out)? I've never used that package, but the first thing I'd ch

Environment variables affecting postscript files?

2015-03-02 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi all. I'm having troubles with ps files generated by Emacs ps-print package - footers are partially cut off. Is it possibile that some environment variable causes the weird? And how can I know (and work it out)? Thanks for any help, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: unable to add jet-direct laserjet postscript with "raw" queue

2012-02-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:53:47 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I am running Squeeze on an i386, with the Gnome desktop. > > Under CUPS, I am unable to add a HP LaserJet4 with Postscript and a > Jet-Direct ethernet card. The problem is that I am unable to specify a > "raw&qu

unable to add jet-direct laserjet postscript with "raw" queue

2012-02-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am running Squeeze on an i386, with the Gnome desktop. Under CUPS, I am unable to add a HP LaserJet4 with Postscript and a Jet-Direct ethernet card. The problem is that I am unable to specify a "raw" queue. CUPS appears to me to have a bug, because it repeatedly asks for the roo

Re: cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-30 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:04:59 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Camaleón [110329 18:21]: >> On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:54:28 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: >> >> > I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web >> > interface (localhost:631) to ins

Re: cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Camaleón [110329 18:21]: > On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:54:28 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface > > (localhost:631) to install a PostScript printer with HP JetDirect > > interface in the lan. My com

Re: cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:54:28 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface > (localhost:631) to install a PostScript printer with HP JetDirect > interface in the lan. My computer is an i386 running Squeeze. (...) I've go

Re: cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-25 Thread Matt Richardson
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Matt Richardson [110325 04:45]: >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Russell L. Harris >> wrote: >> > I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface >> > (localhost:631) to ins

Re: cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Matt Richardson [110325 04:45]: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Russell L. Harris > wrote: > > I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface > > (localhost:631) to install a PostScript printer with HP JetDirect > > interface in the lan.

Re: cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-24 Thread Matt Richardson
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface > (localhost:631) to install a PostScript printer with HP JetDirect > interface in the lan.  My computer is an i386 running Squeeze. Can you give some mor

cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface (localhost:631) to install a PostScript printer with HP JetDirect interface in the lan. My computer is an i386 running Squeeze. The web interface of CUPSYS worked nicely in Etch and Lenny, but in Squeeze in appears to be

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-16 Thread michael
On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 17:50 +0200, deloptes wrote: > michael wrote: > > > It is local on this machine's parallel port (I've just been in the habit > > of lpr rather than lp but will that matter?). My lpstat -a gives > > $ lpstat -a > > laserjet accepting requests since Wed 15 Sep 2010 22:23:14 BST

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-16 Thread deloptes
michael wrote: lpr -P HP_LJ_5L -o InputSlot=Default -o Resolution=300x300dpi -o PageSize=A4 the only application I'm using lpr with is acroread. I don't remember when I did configure it (it was years ago), so I don't remember why I choose those options. most of them are self explanatory. you nee

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-16 Thread deloptes
michael wrote: > It is local on this machine's parallel port (I've just been in the habit > of lpr rather than lp but will that matter?). My lpstat -a gives > $ lpstat -a > laserjet accepting requests since Wed 15 Sep 2010 22:23:14 BST > and I know it's connected okay (it just prints the p/s file

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-16 Thread michael
On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 08:57 +0200, deloptes wrote: > michael wrote: > > > Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, > > connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. > > It will print a page from say iceweasel

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread deloptes
michael wrote: > Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, > connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. > It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having > lpr test.ps > do the expected thing -

HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread michael
Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having lpr test.ps do the expected thing - rather it prints out the postscript file line

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:38:02 +0100, michael wrote: (...) > printer-make-and-model='HP LaserJet 5l Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.6b' ^ Try with another (even generic?) PCL5e driver. The one recommended/suggested¹ for that printer (btw, one

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-09-15 22:38:02 +0100, michael wrote: > Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, > connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. > It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having > lpr test.ps &

HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread michael
Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having lpr test.ps do the expected thing - rather it prints out the postscript file line

Re: Postscript, PDF Problems with Iceape and OpenOffice

2010-03-11 Thread Camaleón
open the PDF with The GIMP, for instance. > file foo.ps reports foo.ps: PostScript document text conforming DSC > level 3.0, Level 2 > > file foo.pdf reports foo.pdf: PDF document, version 1.4 It looks like both files are o.k. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Postscript, PDF Problems with Iceape and OpenOffice

2010-03-10 Thread Thomas H. George
The iceape browser will open foo.ps files with viewer but not foo.pdf files which it tries to re-save. Openoffice3 opens either of these file types as if they were ascii files. file foo.ps reports foo.ps: PostScript document text conforming DSC level 3.0, Level 2 file foo.pdf reports foo.pdf

Re: Mailers and In-reply-to; was Re(4): Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-05 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:58:05 -0500 (EST), peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > When a message was created by clicking the Reply button > in that mailer, a correct In-reply-to parameter was included. > No complaint. > > The problematic case is where a message in the archive is > read with the browser and

Mailers and In-reply-to; was Re(4): Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-05 Thread peasthope
Tixy, > ... both the message I just quoted and the one I originally replied to > have an "In-reply-to" header ... In http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/02/author.html or http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/02/author2.html or http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/02/author3.html d

Re: Re(2): Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-04 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 10:29 -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 17:03 -0800, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > > Sorry for the absence of thread connection. This mailer doesn't > > provide In-reply-to. > > > > Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:10:16 +, Tixy > wrote, > > I think it does

Re(2): Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-04 Thread peasthope
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 17:03 -0800, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Sorry for the absence of thread connection. This mailer doesn't > provide In-reply-to. Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:10:16 +, Tixy wrote, > I think it does, check the headers :-) The login for the Web based mailer is here. http://

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-03 Thread Tom H
>>>Granted I'm not trying anything out of the way, just multi-booting half >>>a dozen GNU/linux systems, but seriously, would grub2 be part of debian >>>stable if it was as... unstable as has been claimed in this thread..?? > Did grub2 recognize your other OS's automatically?  I've only used grub2

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 11:54:42PM EST, Mark wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Chris Jones wrote: [..] > Did grub2 recognize your other OS's automatically? grub does not recognize other OS's. It invokes a utility called os-prober, which is a separate package, and does not IMHO do a ve

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-02 Thread Mark
>On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 04:00:07PM EST, Tom H wrote: > > > >Granted I'm not trying anything out of the way, just multi-booting half > >a dozen GNU/linux systems, but seriously, would grub2 be part of debian > >stable if it was as... unstable

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 04:00:07PM EST, Tom H wrote: [..] > I have been using grub2 since September. I have not used Debian's > grub2 but Ubuntu's, Fedora's, and Arch's have been problem free. I > have installed it at friends' and even at a company where I was > moonlighting (at the insistence of

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-02 Thread Tom H
>> Your regular rants against grub are entertaining. :) > I wouldn't call it a rant. I have nothing personal against grub-pc, > per se. I hope they are eventually successful in their project. > I just think it's too unstable for production use at this time. > You of course are entitled to disagree

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-02 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 17:03 -0800, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Sorry for the absence of thread connection. This mailer doesn't > provide In-reply-to. I think it does, check the headers :-) -- Tixy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Sorry for the absence of thread connection. This mailer doesn't provide In-reply-to. FromView message header detail Tom H DateMonday, February 1, 2010 12:08 > The OP said that his error was "BIOS Installed Successfully", which > must mean that his box had a hardware upgrade/change and

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:08:24 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote: > Your regular rants against grub are entertaining. :) I wouldn't call it a rant. I have nothing personal against grub-pc, per se. I hope they are eventually successful in their project. I just think it's too unstable for production use at th

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Tom H
>> My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. >> Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. >> Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system >> gives this message. >> Error opening terminal: bterm >> How might this damage be repa

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Tom H
> My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. > Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. > Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system > gives this message. > Error opening terminal: bterm > How might this damage be repaire

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:11:26 -0500 (EST), PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. > Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. > Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system > gives this message. > Err

Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system gives this message. Error opening terminal: bterm How might this damage be repaired. Thanks,

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Goldshtein wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Sarunas Burdulis > wrote: >> *.ps files are source code of an interpreted language Postscript. >> Usually they contain quite a bit of definitions, fonts etc. before pages

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > *.ps files are source code of an interpreted language Postscript. > Usually they contain quite a bit of definitions, fonts etc. before pages > themselves are described. In general PS files can't be just concatenated > a

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Goldshtein wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Stefan Monnier > wrote: >>> Would you, please, help me to join multiple Postscript files into one >>> document? I have several *.ps files with formatted text and >&

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi ! as a matter of fact I play with PDF files rather than PS files: epstopdf to convert (you can try ps2pdf or produce PDF files directly (e.g., use pdflatex instead of latex)); pdfjoin (in pdfjam package) to merge them. There is other tools to play with PDF files. At least for what I do, thi

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hi ! > > as a matter of fact I play with PDF files rather than PS files: > > epstopdf to convert (you can try ps2pdf or produce PDF files directly (e.g., > use pdflatex instead of latex)); > pdfjoin (in pdfjam package) to merge them. > There

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Would you, please, help me to join multiple Postscript files into one >> document? I have several *.ps files with formatted text and >> illustrations and want to collect them into a single document. > > Not

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello Mark, > > what you want is the psutils package ! Thanks for the answer, but I don't think so. As I've mentioned above, psmerge gaves me the same result, e.g. heavy-weight, paper-mismatched and rasterized "something". Do you know anot

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Would you, please, help me to join multiple Postscript files into one > document? I have several *.ps files with formatted text and > illustrations and want to collect them into a single document. Not sure what the resulintg document should look like, but if by "collect" y

Re: Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Mark, what you want is the psutils package ! Have fun, Jerome Mark Goldshtein wrote: Hello, list. Would you, please, help me to join multiple Postscript files into one document? I have several *.ps files with formatted text and illustrations and want to collect them into a single

Lenny. How to join multiply Postscript files into one document?

2009-04-10 Thread Mark Goldshtein
Hello, list. Would you, please, help me to join multiple Postscript files into one document? I have several *.ps files with formatted text and illustrations and want to collect them into a single document. Since googled first, I've tried: $ gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutpu

rendering Postscript fonts

2008-06-17 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:05:59 -0400, I wrote: > Groff makes the PS, and then I use gs to make a PDF. What I believe is that > people reading this document (likely on Windows) will call up their local > font definitions when they view this. These definitions are used to draw the > characters, but

Re: rendering Postscript fonts

2008-06-17 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 10:05:59 -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > I could use some remedial instruction on how Postscript fonts are rendered. > I am submitting a grant proposal to Grants.gov, and the only serifed fonts > they allow are Palatino-Linotype and Georgia. Neither of these is suppo

rendering Postscript fonts

2008-06-15 Thread Steve Kleene
I could use some remedial instruction on how Postscript fonts are rendered. I am submitting a grant proposal to Grants.gov, and the only serifed fonts they allow are Palatino-Linotype and Georgia. Neither of these is supported by the typesetter I use, groff 1.18. It does support Palatino, but

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found POSTSCRIPT

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
Is there actually supposed to be a 'keep' program on the system? I looked at a full backup I did a couple of months ago and I cannot find it there. tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found POSTSCRIPT

2008-01-20 Thread Kalessin
Le dimanche 20 janvier 2008 à 10:31 -0800, tom arnall a écrit : > Florian, > > why do you say my system is not fully etch? > > thanks, > > tom arnall > arcata > > Because you are using a 2.6.16 kernel ? : > > system details: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/modutils$ uname -r > > 2.6.16.4 > >

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found POSTSCRIPT

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
Florian, why do you say my system is not fully etch? thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

printer problem (prints postscript source, not document)

2007-12-09 Thread Miles Bader
the /etc/cups/printers.conf entry to this message). The problem is that when I print to this printer, while it _does_ print something, it prints the _postscript souce code_ for whatever I'm trying to print! This seems to happen no matter what input I feed cups (postscript file, pdf file, ...) or

Re: postscript viewer that can "measure" distances?

2007-10-05 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 02:23:19PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > gsview is a postscript viewer that has the capability of showing > distances (in mm or points etc.) in a ps-file. (Click on two points in > your file and it

postscript viewer that can "measure" distances?

2007-10-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 gsview is a postscript viewer that has the capability of showing distances (in mm or points etc.) in a ps-file. (Click on two points in your file and it will report their distance). Is there something with similar capabilities in Debian? I couldn&#

Re: trying to record sound with 'arecord' A SOLUTION - POSTSCRIPT

2007-10-03 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 16:49, David Fox wrote: > On 10/3/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes to both. i used alsa mixer to set the mic level. i'm using a headset > > and when i do input to the mic i can hear it in the headphones. > > having never tried arecord I tried it out - o

HELP! can't become root POSTSCRIPT

2007-10-03 Thread tom arnall
I got impatient with an aumix error and did 'chmod -R /dev' (and ctl-C'ed out of it after ~3 min's.) now I can't become root. Some examples: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/bin$ sudo /usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/snddevices sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0777, should be 0440 [EMAIL PROTECTE

how find postscript for a Unicode character.

2007-08-30 Thread Hendrik Boom
Now I've written a program that takes minimally marked-up text and formats it as a Postscript file. I take the generated Postscript file and send igtto a Postscript orinter using xpp. That works fine for most of the text I have to print The minimal markup notation is pure nonstandard ha

Re: Postscript conversion

2007-07-07 Thread Will Parkinson
+1000, Will Parkinson wrote: > Just wondering if anybody knows how to convert a color postscript document > to a black and white one? I need to send it though a hylafax and the > quality is better if everything is black and white. You can use ghostscript with the "psgray" de

Re: Postscript conversion

2007-07-05 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 16:38:25 +1000, Will Parkinson wrote: > Just wondering if anybody knows how to convert a color postscript document > to a black and white one? I need to send it though a hylafax and the > quality is better if everything is black and white. You can use ghostsc

Postscript conversion

2007-07-04 Thread Will Parkinson
Just wondering if anybody knows how to convert a color postscript document to a black and white one? I need to send it though a hylafax and the quality is better if everything is black and white. Cheers Will -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

KDE/Kprinter and Postscript

2006-10-29 Thread Anthony M Simonelli
At my company, we have a server called a Fax*Star.  This server runs on Windows XP and shares a virtual printer via SMB.  The Windows driver used is 'Generic / Text Only' and does not accept any Postscript jobs.  I'm trying to send a text file to this printer using CUPS/KDE3.5

Kprinter and Postscript

2006-10-29 Thread Anthony M Simonelli
At my company, we have a server called a Fax*Star. This server runs on Windows XP and shares a virtual printer via SMB. The Windows driver used is 'Generic / Text Only' and does not accept any Postscript jobs. I'm trying to send a text file to this printer using CUPS/KDE3.5

GS and fonts (was Re: CUPS suddenly doesn't like WP8 Postscript)

2006-09-16 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 9/16/06, Alan Greenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2006-09-15, Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> All of a sudden, the Postscript generated by WP8's Passthrough Postscript> won't print properly.  The first page of a document prints, but no more. &

Re: CUPS suddenly doesn't like WP8 Postscript

2006-09-16 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2006-09-15, Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All of a sudden, the Postscript generated by WP8's Passthrough Postscript > won't print properly. The first page of a document prints, but no more. > I've tried to print to PDF and to a print

CUPS suddenly doesn't like WP8 Postscript

2006-09-15 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Hello:All of a sudden, the Postscript generated by WP8's Passthrough Postscript won't print properly.  The first page of a document prints, but no more.  I've tried to print to PDF and to a printer which has before printed WP8's Postscript without trouble, so I'm

Re: Cups printing issue, postscript as text.

2006-06-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/06/06 18:28), Claes Nästén wrote: > I am trying to move a current cups+samba installation from an existing > server running RH9 to a new server running Debian Sarge. > > The configuration has been replicated both for samba and cups and > printers appear as expected in the domain. However, w

Cups printing issue, postscript as text.

2006-06-08 Thread Claes Nästén
Hi, I am trying to move a current cups+samba installation from an existing server running RH9 to a new server running Debian Sarge. The configuration has been replicated both for samba and cups and printers appear as expected in the domain. However, when trying to print _both_ via windows printin

Identifying Postscript fonts

2005-09-25 Thread Colin Tuckley
I have a Perl-TK application which uses fonts, I need to offer a list of Postscript fonts to the user. Does anybody know a way to identify which of the fonts installed on the system are postscript? The best I've come up with so far is: xlsfonts -ll "*" | grep -i postscript | s

Re: postscript/ghostscript

2005-09-19 Thread Joe Smith
k its a canon pixma MP-130 multifunction i can't find it in any of the compatibility lists but i've read a bit about postscript/ghostscript and was wondering if the printer might be supported by these technologies i don't know enough about postscript/ghostscript to be sure about the

Re: postscript/ghostscript

2005-09-18 Thread Joel Peter William Pitt
If your printer understands postscript then it will work in Linux to some extent. Check the printer manuals/specification to see if it does... You may want to check/search google for the "Linux Printing Howto" Cheers, joelOn 9/18/05, linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hello alli h

postscript/ghostscript

2005-09-18 Thread linux
lists but i've read a bit about postscript/ghostscript and was wondering if the printer might be supported by these technologies i don't know enough about postscript/ghostscript to be sure about the compatibility let alone how i would set the printer up once linux is installed if my p

Re: Can't print postscript with cups

2005-06-27 Thread Jim Hall
Henry Gunter wrote: If i try to print a postscript file lpr /var/lib/sql-ledger/users/1118008807.invoice.377.ps there is no response from the printer. I have turned on debug2 which dumps a ton of info "534 lines" into the log. but i can't seem to find the problem. Log ca

Can't print postscript with cups

2005-06-08 Thread Henry Gunter
int I can print a text file fine! lpr /home/henryg/file If i try to print a postscript file lpr /var/lib/sql-ledger/users/1118008807.invoice.377.ps there is no response from the printer. I have turned on debug2 which dumps a ton of info "534 lines" into the log. but i can't seem t

Re: Printer outputting raw postscript

2005-01-05 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 05 Jan 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (05/01/05 00:19), Tony Parsons wrote: > > Hi, I was just setting up my dads computer with Sarge when I ran into a > > problem with the printing. > > > > We're using CUPS, just a basic installation thus far. I was setting it up > > using KDE Printing Mana

Re: Printer outputting raw postscript

2005-01-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/01/05 00:19), Tony Parsons wrote: > Hi, I was just setting up my dads computer with Sarge when I ran into a > problem with the printing. > > We're using CUPS, just a basic installation thus far. I was setting it up > using KDE Printing Manager, and when it came to trying the test page, al

Printer outputting raw postscript

2005-01-04 Thread Tony Parsons
Hi, I was just setting up my dads computer with Sarge when I ran into a problem with the printing. We're using CUPS, just a basic installation thus far. I was setting it up using KDE Printing Manager, and when it came to trying the test page, all it did was output "%!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%BoundingBox:

Re: Netscape seems to default to Postscript(tm of Adobe), but I don't have a postscript printer

2004-07-26 Thread csj
On 26. July 2004 at 2:32PM -0400, "J F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For some unknown reason, everything works now. Netscape > prints. Konqueror prints. > > lp book.ps > lpq > lprm > lp book2.pdf > > All working! I selected lazerjet4 driver. I know it didn't > used to work. Seems rebooting t

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