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diff --git a/pnmtops.html b/pnmtops.html index ffd4e772..61382720 100644 --- a/pnmtops.html +++ b/pnmtops.html @@ -404,6 +404,23 @@ format. <b>pnmtops</b>'s custom raster-generating code just doesn't know the 12 bit format. +<h2 id="applications">APPLICATIONS</h2> + +<p>You can use the Postscript output a number of ways. Many printers take +Postscript input (but you still need some kind of printer driver to transport +the Postscript to the printer). + +<p>There is also the Ghostscript program (not part of Netpbm), which takes +Postscript as input and generates an output stream to control any of myriad +models of printer (but you still need some kind of printer driver to transport +that stream to the printer). + +<p>Ghostscript also can convert the Postscript file to PDF, which is a very +popular document and image format. Use Ghostscript's <b>pdfwrite</b> output +device type. The program <b>ps2pdf</b> (distributed with Ghostscript) is a +convenient way to run Ghostscript with <b>pdfwrite</b>. + + <H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2> <p>Postscript is described in the <a |