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Date:      Mon, 04 Jan 1999 16:22:14 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Printing question (not really freebsd specific)
Message-ID:  <3690EAB6.9AFECD6D@uk.radan.com>
References:  <199901041548.KAA02852@lakes.dignus.com>

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Thomas David Rivers wrote:
> 
> I have some output (from a mainframe) which is 132 columns
> wide (just plain text.)
> 
> I thought I had heard of some utilities that would take
> this wide text and format it nicely with postscript (using
> a smaller font) to print on 8-1/2 by 11" paper.
> 
> That is; does anyone know of something that will take this
> wide text output - produce a postscript file; which I could
> then run through ghostscript to print on my HP Deskjet?
> 

There is a program called txt2ps. I'm not sure if it's in the ports,
if not I'm sure I have the source somewhere. I'll check when I get
home


>   - Thanks -
>    - Dave Rivers -
> 
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  was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place.

Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd.
Bath, Avon, England.  Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions
mailto:marko@uk.radan.com    http://www.radan.com

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