How Do I Open a .ps File?
ne...@sirius.com
I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
I tried Photoshop, JPEG View and Canopener.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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ne...@sirius.com
Joshua Berezin
ne...@sirius.com wrote:
: I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
: I tried Photoshop, JPEG View and Canopener.
: Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Get ahold of GhostScript, it lets you view them. Or just dump it to a
printer. .ps files are in PostScript format, they're intended for printing.
josh
James Jennings
> I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
The usual suggestion is GhostScript, an enormous Unix port available at
the usual Info-mac mirror sites. I've tried it and I've found it to be
very unstable and unfriendly. I don't think it was ever finished.
The best solution that I know of is to convert your .ps file into an Adobe
Acrobat file with an Adobe utility called Distiller. Alas, you have to pay
for it. It comes with Acrobat Pro, and I'm told it also comes with recent
versions of Adobe Illustrator.
James
Paul Constantine
:I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
:
:I tried Photoshop, JPEG View and Canopener.
:
:Any suggestions would be appreciated.
:
:Thanks,
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:Neil Mishalov
:Berkeley, California
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Well, postscript files are text files, so use a text editor! Just remember
to use one that is NOT limited by the 32k limit of the built in OS
routines (i.e. BBEdit, the best text editor in the known AND unknown
universe!).
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Andrew Starr
|I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
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I have not had much luck with these either. GhostScript is supposed to,
but it has lousy resolution.
I would just use "DropPS" from http://www.barebones.com (under the
freeware section) and print the file directly to your postscript printer.
(.ps is for postscript files)
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In article <jennings-230...@10.0.2.15>, jenn...@halcyon.com
(James Jennings) wrote:
:In article <neilm-22069...@news.sirius.com>, ne...@sirius.com wrote:
:
:> I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
:
:The usual suggestion is GhostScript, an enormous Unix port available at
:the usual Info-mac mirror sites. I've tried it and I've found it to be
:very unstable and unfriendly. I don't think it was ever finished.
:
:The best solution that I know of is to convert your .ps file into an Adobe
:Acrobat file with an Adobe utility called Distiller. Alas, you have to pay
:for it. It comes with Acrobat Pro, and I'm told it also comes with recent
:versions of Adobe Illustrator.
:
:James
Distiller also comes with PageMaker 6. BTW, Adobe has completely re-done
their pricing model for Acrobat. The current 1400 buck Acrobat Pro package
will become a 300 buck package with the release of version 3. You'll also
get Capture, a heretofore 800 dollar package.
TLD COLLINS
: I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
: I tried Photoshop, JPEG View and Canopener.
: Any suggestions would be appreciated.
: Thanks,
Check out: <http://www.brad.ac.uk/~tldcolli/macgs-info.html>.
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Shawn Grinter
> I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
>
> I tried Photoshop, JPEG View and Canopener.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
It's probably a postscript file, you'll either need Ghostwriter or
failing that somethink to squirt it at a postscript printer.
Shawn Grinter
Shawn Grinter <sh...@millenium.cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
> failing that somethink to squirt it at a postscript printer...
... Oops should be GhostScript
Zaheer Mahmood
You can also use a utility called DropPS. Its a program which sends a
postscript file to the printer.
You can get it from info-mac archives, probably in the util directory.
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Chris Loft
In article <199607011...@millenium.compulink.co.uk>,
sh...@millenium.cix.compulink.co.uk (Shawn Grinter) wrote:
A postscript file is just a plaint text file which you can open with any
text editor or word processor.
Of course, the text that you see will be different from the image that the
postscript code executes . . .
regards
Chris Loft
Adelaide
Somewhere in Australia
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Peter Lundberg
In article <cloft-10079...@ptwillunga1.terra.net.au>
cl...@terra.net.au (Chris Loft) writes:
> >> <ne...@sirius.com> wrote:
> >> > I downloaded a .ps file, and I can't seem to open it.
> >> > I tried Photoshop, JPEG View and Canopener.
> >> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> It's probably a postscript file, you'll either need Ghostwriter or
> >> failing that somethink to squirt it at a postscript printer...
> >... Oops should be GhostScript
>
> A postscript file is just a plaint text file which you can open with any
> text editor or word processor.
> Of course, the text that you see will be different from the image that the
> postscript code executes . . .
There are also converters from ps2eps+, EPStoPICT, epsconverter, etc
which may be useful. Umich somewhere.
73, Peter
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