Open document formats

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David LeBlanc" <whisper at oz.net>

> AFAIK, Windows still does not have "postscript drivers" unless you have a> driver for a postscript printer supplied by the printer vendor. Those are> typically HP Laserjets with a postcript engine built-in.

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I'm not sure I know what you are talking about.  Windows 3.0 came with
a dual UNIDRV/PSCRIPT system (dot matrix and PCL printers used the 
UNIDRV, while PostScript printers used PSCRIPT).  In 3.1 this was 
improved quite a bit, with the PSCRIPT driver supporting PPD files 
(more or less).

I haven't used the manufacturer's driver add-on on a PS printer in a
long time; the built-in driver included with Win95 and higher is about
as good as the OS itself (i.e. doesn't stink too bad if you cover your 
nose).

> I have not seen, but have wanted and looked for, a "postscript to random> printer" driver for a long time. Ghostscript comes closest, but it's not> quite the same as a built-in driver.

I use GhostScript and RedMon together with an old Tcl/Tk script on 
Windows and Linux to run my outbound fax service.  (note RedMon only
on Windows.)  The fax server uses the efax package, which uses 
GhostScript to render fax pages.

So, on Linux:
    application -> tksendfax -> lpr queue -> efax -> GhostScript

On Windows it's like this:
    application -> RedMon -> tksendfax -> Samba -> lpr queue \
        -> efax -> GhostScript

Sounds pretty nasty when I stretch it out like that, but it's been
working well for me for two or three years.

Chris Gonnerman -- chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net
http://newcenturycomputers.net

 
> David LeBlanc> Seattle, WA USA> > > -----Original Message-----> > From: python-list-admin at python.org> > [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Cameron Laird> > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 6:07> > To: python-list at python.org> > Subject: Re: Open document formats> >> >> > In article <mailman.1026342262.27392.python-list at python.org>,> > David Mertz, Ph.D. <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:> > .> > .> > .> > >As far as I know, every OS, since maybe 1985, has had drivers for> > >postscript printing.  Almost all the applications that do not use OS> > Well, wasn't Windows itself holding out> > against PS for a long time?  OK, I'm not> > motivated enough to research this myself> > just now ...> > .> > .> > .> > --> >> > Cameron Laird <Cameron at Lairds.com>> > Business:  http://www.Phaseit.net> > Personal:  http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html> > --> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list> > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list> >