On Mon, 17 May 2004, Jim Ray wrote:

> > Well, let me propose a scenario.  I have a vendor who wants some technical
> > data, essentially a document, in ps format.  Postscript is what they read
> > into their validation tool.  Now I have the data in plain text.  I need to
> > put it into postscript format.
> >
> > MPF
> [Jim Ray sez:] if it is in plain text and they can't read it, I'd tell 'em
> to get a life.  Adobe Distiller creates *.ps if my memory serves me well.
> Some folks need *.eps especially for graphics.  You're talking Adobe
> Illustrator for that format.  Good luck.

a2ps does fine without buying commercial software. Latest version (4.13)
seems to make eps files too, but I haven't tried that.

http://www.infres.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps/



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Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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