Printing text file with PS

[Emmerich]

I have a commercial program that outputs simle text pages, each page is columns of numbers. The format of each page is identical, just the numbers are different. I would like to read this file and apply some basic formatting, like bold and/or italic to certain text elements. Do I insert PS commands into the file, or do I insert the text into a PS file. I am totally new at this. Also, I eventually want to add gray shading to parts of the report, I am thinnking I can create a form to be downloaded to the printer for that.

Any help is appreciated,
Fred EMmerich

 

[theprogram]

hello

You put text inside PS file, because PS has its own particuliar syntax.
If you were placing PS inside a flat file, this flat file cannot be readen by gs (or any other PS reader)

==> have a look at

http://ixipage.free.fr

: it can help you a lot.

cdy
Louis