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<H1><A NAME="prn2ps">11.9. prn2ps - PostScript Conversion Utility</A></H1>
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<H2><A NAME="Purpose">Purpose</A></H2>
<P><CMD>prn2ps</CMD> converts Windows PostScript to Unix PostScript. The input to this program is typically generated by printing to a PostScript printer connected to the FILE: logical device. The output can be converted to Encapsulated PostScript using GhostScript's <CMD>p2epsi</CMD> program.</P>
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<H2><A NAME="Usage">Usage</A></H2>
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usage : prn2ps [-h[help]] [-o[out_ext]]
[-l[log_ext]] [-O[out_dir]] prn_file ...
purpose: convert Windows PostScript to Unix PostScript
version: 2.000 (SDF 2.001)
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<P>The options are:</P>
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<A HREF="#prn2ps_h">-h</A>
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display help on options
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<A HREF="#prn2ps_o">-o</A>
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output file extension
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<A HREF="#prn2ps_l">-l</A>
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log file extension
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<A HREF="#prn2ps_O">-O</A>
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output to input file's (or explicit) directory
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<H2><A NAME="Description">Description</A></H2>
<P><A NAME="prn2ps_h">The -h option provides help. If it is specified without a parameter, a brief description of each option is displayed. To display the attributes for an option, specify the option letter as a parameter.</A></P>
<P><A NAME="prn2ps_o">By default, generated output goes to standard output. To direct output to a file per input file, use the -o option to specify an extension for output files. If the -o option is specified without a parameter, an extension of <EM>out</EM> is assumed.</A></P>
<P><A NAME="prn2ps_l">Likewise, error messages go to standard error by default. Use the -l option to create a log file per input file. If the -l option is specified without a parameter, an extension of <EM>log</EM> is assumed.</A></P>
<P><A NAME="prn2ps_O">By default, generated output and log files are created in the current directory. Use the -O option to specify an explicit output directory. If the -O option is specified without a parameter, the input file's directory is used.</A></P>
<P>For each input file, the output is generated by:</P>
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<LI>deleting the <EM>PageSize</EM> information
<LI>deleting the control-D at the end of the file.</UL>
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<H2><A NAME="Examples">Examples</A></H2>
<P>To generate an Encapsulated PostScript file from Windows PostScript:</P>
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prn2ps -ops myfig.prn
ps2epsi myfig.ps
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<H2><A NAME="Limitations and future directions">Limitations and future directions</A></H2>
<P>If <CMD>ps2epsi</CMD> doesn't like the output, you may need to use another printer driver to generate the input. On Windows NT 4.0, the <EM>Canon PS-IPU Color Laser Copier v52.3</EM> driver works most of the time.</P>
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