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Ghostscript is the well-known PostScript interpreter which is available for
all common and most esoteric platforms and supports many different printers
and some displays.
Versions entitled "GNU Ghostscript" are distributed with the GNU General
Public License, which allows free use, and free copying and redistribution
under certain conditions (including, in some cases, commercial distribution).
This is the older version 7, for those that can't (or don't want to) use
the newer Ghostscript version 8.
This port includes add-on packages (not part of the official gs release)
o HP8XX driver for HP DeskJet 880C/882C/895C
- http://www.gelhaus.net/hp880c/
o DJ970 driver for HP DeskJet 970CXi
- http://www.harsch.net/Ghostscript/ghostscript.html
o PCL3 driver for HP DeskJet series
- http://home.vrweb.de/martin.lottermoser/pcl3.html
o Gimp-Print driver for Canon/Epson/Lexmark/HP printers
- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
o Special drivers for verious printer models
- Alps, Canon, Epson, NEC, Lexmark, Ricoh,...
o Additional contributed uniprint driver profiles for
- Epson Stylus Color 740 and Epson LQ-1170
WWW: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/gnu/index.htmhttp://www.ghostscript.com/
* print/ghostscript-* and related ports have been renamed in the
following way:
print/ghostscript-gnu -> print/ghostscript7
print/ghostscript-gnu-nox11 -> print/ghostscript7-nox11
print/ghostscript-gnu-commfont -> print/ghostscript7-commfont
print/ghostscript-gpl -> print/ghostscript8
print/ghostscript-gpl-nox11 -> print/ghostscript8-nox11
japanese/ghostscript-gnu-jpnfont -> print/ghostscript7-jpnfont
korean/ghostscript-gnu-korfont -> print/ghostscript7-korfont
* USE_GHOSTSCRIPT now supports a version number which the port
requires. The valid value is "7" or "8". If other value is
specified, value of WITH_GHOSTSCRIPT_VER is used.
* WITH_GHOSTSCRIPT_GNU has been removed in favor of
WITH_GHOSTSCRIPT_VER. The valid value of WITH_GHOSTSCRIPT_VER is
"7" or "8", and the default value is "8".
Approved by: portmgr (pav)