glfs/pst/printing/gs/gs-intro.xml
Igor Živković f9cfce772a added gimp-print, submitted by Alexander
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<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Ghostscript</application></title>
<para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor for
PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets.
</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gs-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Standard fonts: <ulink
url="ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Other fonts: <ulink
url="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz"/>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3>
<sect3><title><application>Ghostscript</application>
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref linkend="libpng"/>, <xref
linkend="GTK"/> and <xref linkend="xfree86"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Conflicts</title>
<para>This version of Ghostscript does not work with
<application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application> due to missing
generic "cups" raster image driver. The necessary support cannot be patched in
due to incompatible licenses. Use <xref linkend="espgs"/> instead if you have
<application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application>.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>