WIN: PostScript....

[Edlef Stabenau <stabenau _at__ tu-harburg.d400.de>]

Hallo Liste,

wer sich schon mal mit GhostView und den dazugehoerigen 
Konfigurationsproblemen herumgeschlagen hat, wird die Nachricht mit 
Freude hoeren:

ich habe einen funktionieren PS-Viewer (und "Drucker") entdeckt, der 
sich problemlos in Broser einbinden laesst. Fuer relativ kleine 
Dateien (200 kB) habe ich ihn getestet und er funktioniert 
einwandfrei, beim Druck gibt es Probleme (s.u.) die sich aber beheben 
lassen. Ich war allerdings schon extrem froh, dass ich die Seiten 
ueberhaupt angezeigt bekam 8-))

Nun zu den Daten:
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RoPS --- Roger's PostScript

The RoPS interpreter is an implementation of the level 1 PostScript
programming language interpreter described in Adobe Systems' book, the
'PostScript language reference manual'.  RoPS is not an Adobe approved
product.  The name 'PostScript' is a registered trademark of Adobe
Systems Incorporated.

RoPS runs Under Microsoft Windows (3.1, 3.11, NT, Windows-95).  Both
16 and 32-bit versions are available.  You will need to install
Microsoft's win32s system to run the 32-bit version of the program
under 3.1x.  RoPS requires at least 4Mb of memory to function
efficiently.

Features:

  + full Level 1 implementation
  + uses TrueType fonts
  + understands PostScript document structuring conventions:
    can randomly access any page of a conforming document.
  + handles colour (palette displays only)
  + anti-aliases text
  + can transfer PostScript documents to clipboard as graphics or text

RoPS is not free.  Users must purchase a licence at a cost of 20 UKP
(30 USD).
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zu finden ist das Programm hier (16-bit), Archie mit rops16:


Host rcs1.urz.tu-dresden.de
    Location: /pub/soft/win3/cica/util
           FILE -rw-r--r--     340281  28-Jun-1996 04:31:44 
           rops1644.zip

Host ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
    Location: /pub/systems/pc/win3-cica/util
           FILE -rw-rw-r--     340281  27-Jun-1996 21:38:47 
           rops1644.zip

Host ftp.th-darmstadt.de
    Location: /pub/machines/ms-dos/Cica/util
           FILE -rw-rw-r--     340281  27-Jun-1996 20:45:58 
           rops1644.zip

Host ftp.uni-koeln.de
    Location: /pc/win3/miscapps
           FILE -rw-rw-r--     340281  24-Jun-1996 04:31:03 
           rops1644.zip

Host ftp.uni-marburg.de
    Location: /mirror2/cica/util
           FILE -r--r--r--     340281  20-Jun-1996 05:14:24 
           rops1644.zip

Host ftp.uni-magdeburg.de
    Location: /pub/mirror/win3/winsite/util
           FILE -rw-r--r--     340281  20-Jun-1996 04:03:51 
           rops1644.zip

Host ftp.rrzn.uni-hannover.de
    Location: /pub/mirror/mswindows/util
           FILE -rw-r--r--     340281  19-Jun-1996 22:14:35 
           rops1644.zip

Host rzbsdi01.uni-trier.de
    Location: /pub/pv/mirrors/ftp.winsite.com/pc/win3/util
           FILE -rw-r--r--     340281  28-Jun-1996 03:30:02 
           rops1644.zip
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die 32-bit version findet man natuerlich entsprechend mit rops32 8-).

wenn man die rops.ini nicht modifiziert (ins Help-File gucken!!) 
kommen die Seiten in Briefmarkengroesse heraus.

Wer etwas "einfacheres" als dieses Programm kennt, moege sich bitte 
melden... ich kenne GhosView, finde es aber fuer Nicht-EDV-Besessene 
zu umstaendlich.


Schoenen Grusss

Edlef

P.S.____________________________________________________________
aus dem Help-File:
"The 'print' option on the 'file' allows you to print the currently
viewed page, all the pages, or (if the document is structured) a range
of pages.  If the image is smaller than the paper, it will be centred
on the paper.  Otherwise only the top left corner of the image will be
printed. RoPS does not redraw the page especially for the printer. 
Instead it simply transfers the existing page bitmap (as seen on
screen) to the printer, so that one pixel on the screen becomes one
pixel on the printer.  If, as is usually the case, the pixels on the
printer are much smaller than the pixels on the screen, the printed
image may come out smaller than expected.

To fix this you should zoom the document two or three times so 
that it is big on the screen before you print it.  It will come out
bigger on the printer too."