Re: printing with postghst (was U2 version 119)

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from Judith Davidsen  on Thu, 12
Jan 2006 17:45:48 -0500


> Done. It contained two files, POSTGHST.PRN AND POSTGHST.TPL.

Aargh. It (postghst.zip) contains THREE files. You got the newest one? It
includes POSTFONT.TST. The date of POSTGHST.PRN should be 9/6/2005:
 http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/postghst.zip

> Pkunzip created a subdirectory, so now those two files are in
> c:\xy4\postghst. Is this okay or do you want then directly in
> c:\xy4?

No, that's not OK. Your SETTINGS.DFL says that POSTGHST.PRN is in C:\XY4,
right? So that's where it *must* be! MOVE it to C:\XY4. Why would PKUNZIP
create a new subdirectory for the files in this ZIPfile? PKUNZIP has no
business doing that. There is no instruction in the ZIPfile to create a new
directory.

You asked why you need a DOS Window icon on your desktop. It's for things like
this! PKUNZIP is crap. Use UNZIP. Open a DOS window in C:\XY4. POSTGHST.ZIP
should be *located in C:\XY4*. Command:
 UNZIP POSTGHST.ZIP

Make sure all three files exist in C:\XY4: POSTGHST.PRN, POSTGHST.TPL,
POSTFONT.TST.

The basic procedure for printing with U2's PostGhost is outlined at
 HELP TYP
I summarize it below:

Download and install Ghostscript and GSview:
 ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs853/gs853w32.exe
and
 ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/gsv47w32.exe
Just execute the two EXEs and they will install themselves. Execute
gs853w32.exe first, then gsv47w32.exe. Technically, you don't need GSview if
you're only printing, but it's a very handy file to have for other purposes, so
install it too.

Next, go into XYWWWEB.REG and find the stanza called "[Ghostscript]". Enter
the fully-qualified d:\path\filespec for GSWIN32C.EXE in the variable named
"Ghostscript_EXE_Win32=". It should be something like, I dunno, maybe
"Ghostscript_EXE_Win32=C:\PROGRA~1\GS\GS8.53\BIN\GSWIN32C.EXE".
Do the same thing for "GSView_Win32=C:\PROGRA~1\GS\GSVIEW\GSVIEW32.EXE" or
whatever it actually is.
Remember: these must both be entered as 8.3 filespecs, no Long File Names!
Fully-qualified (the whole schmeer, from "C:" to the filename). One easy way
to get the 8.3 ShortFileName is to navigate in a XyWrite dir display to the
file e.g. GSWIN32C.EXE, put your cursor on the file, then command on CMline:
SFN. The full short d:\path\filename will appear in a PRompt.

Now go into Control Panel ==> Printers and make sure that your Brother 210C is
the *default* Windows printer. Right click on it and set it as Default.

In REG again, make sure that the line saying "GsPrnDev=mswinpr2 default" is the
*only* GsPrnDev= line (if you have more than one) that is enabled (i.e. doesn't
have a semi-colon in front of it).

CAll POSTFONT.TST into a XyWrite window. On your setup (in SETTINGS.DFL),
Judith, POSTGHST.PRN is the first of your listed printer files, so command on
the CMline:
 SETP 1
You should run this instruction in STARTUP.INT so that it executes
automatically, always, hands-off, when you launch.

With POSTFONT.TST in the current window, command:
 TYP

Wait a few seconds and POSTFONT.TST will print on paper. It will display the
available fonts and font names; you can identify them in the Format ==>
Typeface menu because they have an up-and-down arrow after their names
(BOOKMAN, CHARTER, TIMES, etc -- the "standard 35" Postscript fonts). When you
print your own files (always using the TYP command), embed one or more
of these fonts in your file -- or make one of them XyWrite's default font.

If you want just to display a file as it looks under Ghostscript, but without
printing it, instead of TYP you should command:
 POSTGHOST
(Try it!)

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Robert Holmgren
holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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