PostScript Document Test

This is a 100kb test document . If you can not view it, you need to install a viewer:

• UNIX:

  add the following viewer entry to your mailcap file:
  

  application/postscript; ghostview -safer  %s
  

  where ghostview is one of many PostScript front ends. Note that ghostview requires ghostscript.

  You may quickly get a copy of ghostscript-5.01.tar.gz, ghostscript-5.01jpeg.tar.gz, ghostscript-5.01libpng.tar.gz, ghostscript-5.01zlib.tar.gz, ghostscript-fonts-std-5.01.tar.gz, ghostview-1.5.tar.gz. Note that these copies may not be as recent as the previous reference however.

  The '-safer' option is added [thank's to Ben Liblit's tip] to prevent PostScript primitives from manipulating user's files.

  
  

• PCs:

  There are several Windows based PostScript viewers available. To set up the PostScript viewer, enter the following into the HelperApplication or ExternalViewer dialog box in your Web Browser:
  
  

  MIME type / subtype	application/postscript
  extensions	ps,eps,ai
  application	GSview

  where GSview is an external PostScript viewer based on Ghostscript and is available for Windows and OS/2.

  Note that you may need to supply the complete path to the application. Also, some browsers need a '.' preceeding the extensions entries.

  You may quickly get a copy of gs501ini.zip and gs501fn1.zip (for GUIs only) and one of gs501w32.zip (Win32s, Win95, WinNT) or gs501dos.zip (MS-DOS) or gs501os2.zip (OS/2). Also, the graphical front end, gsview22.zip (GSview for Win16, Win32, and OS/2), is available.

  Note that these copies may not be as recent as the previous references however.

  Thanks go to Russell Lang for his efforts in developing GSview.
  
  
  

• Mac:

  There are several Mac based PostScript viewers available. GhostScript is one of the many PostScript viewers. You may quickly get a copy of various versions of GhostScript
  

  macgs-v1.0-ppc.sit.hqx

  macgs-v1.0-68k.sit.hqx

  macgs-v1.0-classic.sit.hqx

  macgs-v1.0-files.sit.hqx

  macgs-v1.0-fonts.sit.hqx

  or ViewPS
  

  viewps.hqx,

  viewps-support1.hqx,

  viewps-support2.hqx.

  Note that these local copies may not be as recent as the previous references however.
  
  To set up the PostScript viewer, enter the following into the HelperApplication or ExternalViewer dialog box in your Web Browser:
  
  

  MIME type / subtype	application/postscript
  extensions	ps,eps,ai
  application	viewps

  Note that you will use the Browse button to find the location the application on your disk. Also, some browsers need a '.' preceeding the extensions entry.
  
  
  

  There is additional information about Ghostscript and Ghostview available.

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