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MacGSView - 2.0b3

PostScript viewer, can also export to numerous formats

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All Time:	(4.5)
This Version:	(4.5)
Current Version:	2.0b3
Release Date:	2000-05-11
License:	Beta
Downloads (this version):	11,264
Downloads (all versions):	15,547

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Product Description:

With MacGSView you can view PostScript/EPS and PDF files. You can jump to pages randomly in a document and zoom in and out of pages as you want.

You can also print and export the files in various formats (including PICT, TIFF, JPEG, PDF). You can batch process a bunch of files, for example to convert your high resolution EPS files to much smaller JPEGs for your web site.

Finally it is open source (Aladdin Public License), so you can work on MacGSView if you want to (sources available from the same URL).

What's new in this version:

includes ghostscript 6.01 now
very much improved font display by using native ghostscript anti-aliasing
some bug fixes

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS 8.5 or higher
PPC

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I have been… - Version: 2.0b3, 9/16/2001 11:51AM PST

M.Biskup

using "MacGSView Preview" on my OS X-running iMac with quite some satisfaction. The program often crashes if asked to display a page containing complicated (typically bitmap) graphics, but otherwise works fine. The UI is simple but efficient. I would like to encourage releasing the "beyond-Preview" OS X version soon.

It works well… - Version: 2.0b3, 6/23/2001 10:51AM PST

cecconi

specially on a new PowerMac with MacOS 9 where the older version (MacGS 5.0) couldn't display anything...

I use version… - Version: 2.0b3, 6/23/2001 10:51AM PST

Lou Kash

2.0b3 as a workaround for printing XPress 3.32 documents on a HP DeskJet 930 printer: Due to a bug in the HP DeskJet Driver 3.x no images will be printed. "Print" the XPress document with LaserWriter to a colored PostScript file with embedded fonts first, open the PS file with MacGSView and print it on the DeskJet. The color matching doesn't work well but at least you'll get the idea what the document will look like. Up to now this is the best workaround known to me.