Re: What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?
Hello, Gary Singleton: I have to ask what the advantage of gs-aladdin is (if any)? gs-aladdin is the newest version gs lags behind some fixed number of years (maybe three but I don't remember) I use gs-aladdin because it has/had some driver that I needed. Jiri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?
The README.gz file in /usr/doc/gs has a 1996 copyright, so that sounds about right. To get around dselect not handling versioned provides with magicfilter/gs-aladdin, I downgraded from gs-aladdin to gs. The hpdj driver in gs gives errors (however dj500 seems to work fine). I don't know if this is really a gs 5.10 problem or just a fluke with that driver. Bob On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Jiri Baum wrote: Hello, Gary Singleton: I have to ask what the advantage of gs-aladdin is (if any)? gs-aladdin is the newest version gs lags behind some fixed number of years (maybe three but I don't remember) I use gs-aladdin because it has/had some driver that I needed. Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:22:50PM +0200, Jan Vroonhof wrote: Brian Servis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For me it is the addition by the gs-aladdin maintainer of the HP Deskjet driver. But that driver is LGPL so it could also go into the free gs. At least in gs-5.10-1 it is. -- Pedro Guerreiro (aka digito)([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Diplomacy: the art of letting someone have your own way.
What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?
With all the discussion about these two over the last couple of days I have to ask what the advantage of gs-aladdin is (if any)? I read the FAQ on Wisconsin's home for Ghostscript and in section 1.3 it states that the only difference is in licensing. The only difference there is apparently that the Aladdin license prohibits _any_ commercial distribution. If this is correct, why would someone choose to run gs-aladdin over gs? I _must_ be missing something. BTW, you guys on this list are really an asset. Back when I used another distro that shall remain nameless; I never got this much _quality_ assistance. Best regards, Gary Singleton -- Dilbert's mom uses Linux! Dilbert's mom rules! _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:56:45 -0700, Gary Singleton wrote: With all the discussion about these two over the last couple of days I have to ask what the advantage of gs-aladdin is (if any)? Unless I'm mistaken, gs-aladdin is the actively maintained version, i.e. new/improved drivers and new features (like PDF support some time ago) appear in gs-aladdin first, and get into the free version by old gs-aladdin versions being rereleased as free ones. Ray -- Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden.
Re: What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?
*- On 7 Apr, Gary Singleton wrote about What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs? With all the discussion about these two over the last couple of days I have to ask what the advantage of gs-aladdin is (if any)? I read the FAQ on Wisconsin's home for Ghostscript and in section 1.3 it states that the only difference is in licensing. The only difference there is apparently that the Aladdin license prohibits _any_ commercial distribution. If this is correct, why would someone choose to run gs-aladdin over gs? I _must_ be missing something. For me it is the addition by the gs-aladdin maintainer of the HP Deskjet driver. From gs-aladdin package description, . This package also contains the hpdj driver contributed by Martin Lottermoser. and from the gs-hpdj man page, DESCRIPTION Scope The ghostscript device driver hpdj is a ghostscript back end for printers understanding Hewlett-Packard's Printer Command Language, Level 3 (PCL-3). It is intended to sup port in particular the following printer models: HP DeskJet 500 HP DeskJet 500C HP DeskJet 510 HP DeskJet 520 HP DeskJet 540 HP DeskJet 550C HP DeskJet 560C HP DeskJet 850C HP DeskJet 855C I use it with the 660c but it works great, much better than the dj550 driver that is in the free gs. -- Brian - Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes. - unknown Mechanical Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?
Brian Servis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For me it is the addition by the gs-aladdin maintainer of the HP Deskjet driver. But that driver is LGPL so it could also go into the free gs. I use it with the 660c but it works great, much better than the dj550 driver that is in the free gs. Indeed, at least it needs a lot less tuning. I just wish Uli would allow his dj8xx driver in as well. That has much better color support. Jan
Re: What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Gary Singleton wrote: With all the discussion about these two over the last couple of days I have to ask what the advantage of gs-aladdin is (if any)? I read the FAQ on Wisconsin's home for Ghostscript and in section 1.3 it states that the only difference is in licensing. The only difference there is apparently that the Aladdin license prohibits _any_ commercial distribution. If this is correct, why would someone choose to run gs-aladdin over gs? I _must_ be missing something. The conversion ps-pdf works fine in gs-aladdin (5.50), and sometimes gives very ugly results in gs (5.10) (particularly in eps graphics). Wojtek Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED]
