[Indic-computing-devel] Indic Printing Tools

[Keyur S. <key...@ya...>]

Hi,

NCST has developed Indic printing tools to print plain text file on PS
printer. There are 2 programs namely 'oprint' and 'netprint'. Right now
both of these tools support Devanagari only. We intend to make them usable
for all Indian languages.

oprint can take any plain text file in Indian langauge and converts it into
PostScript using OpenType font. It supports UTF-8. ISCII, UCS2-BE, and
UCS2-LE encodings.

netprint postprocesses the PostScript file generated by Netscape-6 and
create another postscript file with Indian language. This tool is very much
similar to wprint and uses OpenType font. So UTF-8 encoded webpages with
Indian language can be printed.

A binary RPM of these tools is available in download area of IndiX website
(http://rohini.ncst.ernet.in/indix). These tools have been linked
statically with FreeType library and Indic Script Shaping Engine. So these
tools work independently of IndiX system.

Can we put them in download area of indic-computing website after thorough
testing of these tools? We also welcome your feedback on these tools.

Regards,
Keyur




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