Gavin Scott wrote: <snip> > The new(?) gotcha is that it appears you will only be able to print if > you have a Postscript printer (I think we had this discussion some months > ago though). > > As an alternative to the Postscript printer requirement, you could print > to a file and use GNU's Ghostscript to view/print the result, you could > also use Adobe's Acrobat Distiller to do the same thing, and for small > amounts of output you could print from a web browser accessing the HP > doc web site directly. All of these options would work with a PCL or > other printer. > > Oh, DynaText appears to only make documentation reader programs for > Windows and Unix, so Mac users will probably be stuck with the web > interface. There is a version of GhostScript for the Mac, so anyone in a cross-platform environment (I mean Mac and Windows/UNIX, not HP3000 & AS/400) can do what Gavin describes: Print from a Windows or UNIX machine to a file and use MacGhostScript to view it. Ain't cross-platform great? Patrick -- Patrick Santucci Technical Services Systems Programmer Kirke-Van Orsdel, Inc. mailto:[log in to unmask] Visit our site! http://www.kvi-ins.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Why was it that when I was young life was complex because I lacked experience and now that I'm experienced life is complex because I'm not young?" - James Trudeau