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Re: Building a Postscript printer?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 25 Jun 2000 11:12:32 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, "Chris Osborn" <fozztexx@fozztexx.com> writes:
> On Jun. 24 00, 11:46 PDT, "Manoj Plakal" <plakal@no-spam.cs.wisc.edu>
> wrote:
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> > Yup, that was pretty much what I was planning to do. Hack Ghostscript
> > into something to generate a sequence of vector commands to drive
> > the RCX.
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> Hacking GhostScript is not necessary. PostScript lets you redefine
> the standard functions.
I see. Thanks for the info, I'm new to Postscript programming.
I found this tool called Pstoedit (with source) that translates
Postscript into HPGL (and several other vector graphics formats).
I'm probably going to start with that instead.
Manoj
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| (...) I found a web site that provides a lot of information on the very topic of constructing robotic plotters driven by Postscript interpreters. Don Lancaster operates the Guru's Lair at www.tinaja.com and he has a term "flutterwumpers" for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Hacking GhostScript is not necessary. PostScript lets you redefine the standard functions. --- Chris Osborn FozzTexx Enterprises fozztexx@fozztexx.com 2136 Coronado Ave. (URL) Napa, CA 94559 (24 years ago, 25-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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