"Copyright Software"
Ghostscript v3.12
Copyright (C) 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
This copy of Ghostscript is governed not by the GNU
License, but by a substantially different license in a similar spirit, the
Aladdin Ghostscript Free Public License; the file PUBLIC contains a copy of
this license. You can find this file in the gs312ini.zip file.
Aladdin Enterprises
P.O. box 60264
Palo Alto, CA 94306
voice (415)322-0103
fax (415)322-1734
ghost@aladdin.com
Ghostscript is software that provides:
- An interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language, and
- A set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that implement
the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive operations in the
PostScript language.
More details are available from the
Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview home page.
GSview v3.12
GSview is copyright by Russell Lang.
GSview is distributed with the GSview Free Public Licence.
This licence is contained in the LICENCE file that is contained in the gsvw113b.zip file.
The GSview Free Public Licence does not require any payment to the author;
however the author would welcome any donations to cover costs and time
involved in developing and maintaining GSview. These may be sent to:
Russell Lang
12 Princetown Road
MOUNT WAVERLEY, VIC 3149
AUSTRALIA
GSview for Windows is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for MS-Windows
Ghostscript. GSview is dependent on the Ghostscript. GSview allows selected
pages to be viewed or printed. Ghostscript 3.12 or later is required.
More details are available from the
Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview home page.
Installing Ghostscript and GSview
- Download the following files:
-
gs312w32.zip (369,810)
- Ghostscript for Win32s Systems
-
gs312ini.zip (426,513)
- Necessary files to support Ghostscript
-
gs312fn1.zip (1,365,916)
- Font package number 1
-
gs312fn2.zip (741,137)
- Font package number 2
-
gsview12.zip (570,034)
- GSview - A Graphical User Interface for Ghostscript.
- Download the files to the root directory. ie. c:\
- Use the "pkunzip -d" command when you unzip the files.
- Unzip gs312ini.zip and gs312w32.zip. These files will create a subdirectory called "GS3.12".
- Move gs312f1.zip, gs312fn2.zip and gsvw113b.zip to the c:\gs3.12 directory.
- Unzip gs312fn1.zip and gs312fn2.zip. These files will a subdirectory called "FONTS"
- Unzip gsvw113b.zip. This file will create three subdirectories, ESPTOOLS,
GSGRAB & SRC, and put a couple files in the c:\gs3.12 directory. (This file
contains a Windows and an OS/2 version of GSview.)
- (Optional) Delete the following files from c:\gs3.12: gvpm.exe,
gvpm.hlp, gvpm.inf (the OS/2 version of GSview) and gsview.exe (the 16-bit
version of GSview)
- Create a program item (icon) within one of your program groups by
dragging and dropping gsview32.exe from File Manager into a Program Group.
- Start GSview then select "Options, Ghostscript Command", and enter the
correct executable path. Include path for Ghostscript and the path to the
directory that contains the fonts. For example:
- C:\gs3.12\gswin32.exe -IC:\gs3.12;C:\gs3.12\fonts
- Read the PUBLIC, README, USE.DOC files (Ghostscript) and Readme.gv and LICENSE (GSView) for details about the products.
Mosaic Configuration:
- Open Options, Preferences..., Viewers
- Edit or enter the following information:
- Associate Mime Type of:
- application/postscript
- Description of MIME Type (Optional):
- Postscript File Format
- With this/these extensions:
- .eps,.ai,.ps
- To This Application:
- C:\gs3.12\gswin32
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