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Viewing and Printing Postscript Files
PostScript files
(files usually with extention ``.ps'') may be
displayed using the GhostScript under both Microsoft Windows and Unix systems
and the GSView front end under Microsoft Windows. Click
here
for the Ghostscript, Ghostsview and GSview WWW pages.
GSView application is a free
program available for Win32/Win32s, OS/2 and Linux.
In order to make your browser start the viewer automatically you have to set
a new MIME type in your browser. When you click on a link to a PostScript file either of the following
may happen:
- Your browser automatically launches Ghostview and opens the file. You may
then print it by selecting the "Print" item in the "File" menu.
- Your browser offers you the possibility of saving the file in
a directory of your choice (say, a floppy disk). After saving, print as
follows:
- Printing in a DOS-environment: Open a DOS-window. Change
directory to where the file is saved, and type the
following command:
type filename.ps > lpt2
OR
copy filename.ps lpt2
where lpt2 is a printer port. You may need to substitute the printer port
with what ever printer name you are trying to print to.
[Note: first make sure
that you have a "smart" printer which recognizes PostScript or hundreds of
sheets of papers
will be printed with unreadable text.]
- Printing in a UNIX-environment: Change
directory to where the file is saved. Then type the following
command:
lp filename.ps
OR
lp -Pprintername filename.ps
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