lj2ps
	      A LaserJet PCL IV to PostScript Translator

		    Revision 1.2, release version


This new revision fixes two major problems with revision 1.1.  (One
person referred to the 1.1 distribution as a disaster!  How true....)
First, the files in the suite directories have now been properly
uuencoded, so that hungry mailers do not eat the non-printable
characters (i.e.  escapes).  Also, all filenames are now no longer
than eight characters (with dot-extensions no longer than three
characters) so that MS-DOS and System V UNIX don't choke.

lj2ps is able to convert a subset of LaserJet PCL 4 that includes page
motion, page setup, primary font selection, and text.  It is not able
to do macros, position stack commands, graphics (bitmap or
patterns/grayscale), or downloadable fonts.  However, the scanner
*does* recognize all of the PCL 4 commands, and I have added many
hooks for the unimplemented commands.  Therefore, it should not be too
difficult to add in the features you need.

Included in this distribution is the source for lj2ps, documentation,
a test suite, and a metrics suite.  The source code for lj2ps is
written in standard K&R C, should be very portable, and should run
on everything from PC's to mainframes without much modification
(although I have only tried it on a 4.3BSD Unix system).  Please see
the README file (right after the manifest below) for more information.

I hope to have lj2ps available from an anonymous ftp site within the
next week.  I will post to appropriate groups (comp.sources.d,
comp.laser-printers, comp.lang.postscript, comp.periphs.printers) when
it is available.  Any new revisions will available through the ftp
site, as I have clogged comp.sources.misc too much with this second
posting.

I hope you enjoy lj2ps.  Feel free to distribute it far and wide, and
I encourage you to add more features!

						.oO Chris Oo.

Christopher Lishka 608-262-4485  "Dad, don't give in to mob mentality!"
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