Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hugh Hood Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A blast from the past: digging through my old files Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:37:14 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <103egna$23h8k$1@dont-email.me> References: <103btei$1bd47$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:37:15 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="46d0986a1111b2b3226ebcbe1ae41162"; logging-data="2213140"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX195rrhEJufj1lQy8ru2temR3kzKuXdrVVA=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:kDtEn2gZypcuruLpm7JL5+3fOhA= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:49209 On 6/23/25 4:43 PM, Scott Alfter wrote: > > I also have a bunch of AppleWorks word-processor files that I might > try bringing into the present. Many (most?) of them used TimeOut > SuperFonts (?) for NLQ printing on the Imagewriter I had at the time > (and still have, though it's been years since I last used it); > converting that to a modern format while preserving the formatting > might be an interesting exercise. > If you can get the SuperFonts-using AWP files printed to disk, you can just prepend the IWEM file with a few mods to it and run it through GhostScript (or Acrobat Distiller). An example is here: For the non-SuperFonts AppleWorks files, you can use the DeskJet/LaserJet PCL printer driver, print the files to disk, and run them through the GhostScript product, GhostPCL. Hugh Hood