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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!seventek From: seventek@nntp.best.com (Caffiene Dependent) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Get me out of this lameness! '95 sucks a high, hard one. Date: 6 Sep 1996 04:49:04 GMT Organization: Best Internet Communications Lines: 33 Message-ID: <50oag0$e7j@nntp1.best.com> References: <50gca2$64d@topeka.cjnetworks.com> <50lv1i$php@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : tdsmith@topeka.cjnetworks.com wrote: : > I next purchase. Anyway, my primary machine would be wonderful : > for FreeBSD and I have no objections to running two Unix boxes, but : > it's stuck with '95 unless and until I can use my HP ScanJet 4c and : > my DeskJet 660C without loss of functionality. : Dunno what is ``loss of functionality'' for you. : The DeskJet should work well, and if you install some nifty packages : like Ghostscript and apsfilter, you get the ability to print all your : files as PostScript output with a printer filter that automagically : determines the file format, and converts it to PostScript as required. : The ScanJet 4c is well supported by the ``hpscan'' program which can : be found in the ports. I did some enhancements on it, and use it : regularly at work. Pick `xv' (which is Shareware, so you gotta pay : for it when using it commercially), xpaint, and the netpbm image : format conversion and manipulation package -- this gives me a rather : flexible environment for image processing. The only missing piece is : OCR software. : -- May I also suggest a software package called the GIMP. (General Image Manipulation Program) I have watched this program be developed, ant it kicks butt. If you like the features of photoshop like layers, transparencies, plugins, etc. this is the program you need. It's like photoshop but about 200% better. It was developed under red hat linux, but it should work fine under Fbsd. Grab a copy (it's freeware) from xcf.berkeley.edu