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POSTSCRIPT wise,
Ghostview is far better than irfanview.
how
let me count the ways:
u can see every PS page, not just page 1
the fonts are far superiour to irfanview's
u can easily and correctly convert PS to PDF, PNG, GIF, JPG, etc
moreover
if u convert PS to PDF via, say, Ghostview
then u can use ADOBE's acrobat reader (free)
to view, print, enlarge, rotate, ....
PDF is taking over where PS left
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It seems this question has gone unanswered, can Irfanview handle multipage postscript files properly?
I am looking for a viewer that can do this, ghostscript does not accomodate engineering drawing sizes other than the metric A0,A1,A2 etc. we need to view sizes B, C, D & E with multipage support, hope Irfan can do it.
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I think you're missing the point - Multipage PS files don't appear as multipage files. If you load a multi-page TIFF, you can go to/from the different pages. A multiple page PS file just loads the first page, however.
Where do you find multipage PS? How about the world's most popular fax server: Hylafax. Anyone who has an Hylafax installation receives and sends pages as multi-page PS. Yes, there are scripts to convert those to PDF/TIFF on the Hylafax server but the default archive format is multipage Postscript.
It would be handy to be able to view multipage Postscript properly in Irfanview. PSP 7 managed it, for instance, and loads up each page in a separate image window. Instead I have to run an arcane command on Hylafax which uses Ghostscript to convert it to something more manageable (usually PDF), or I have to load up another bit of software (e.g. I use Irfanview for multipage TIFF's but have to use Ghostscript on Windows for multipage PS's).
It would be handy if Irfanview could support multipage PS. After all, it's basically a plain-text format and so the "next page" is easy to find, to then chop the whole file into pieces and pass each one off to a PS renderer as the users decides what page they want to see.
Anyone who wants a couple of multipage PS to work with as examples, just shout. I receive about 2-3 a week from our fax system.
I doubt if you will find much support for this request from other users. I had never even heard of multipage postscript files before now. If you're a registered business user of IrfanView, and want his attention, send Irfan an email and see what he says.
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