[Info-vax] Printing logo file from VMS

Jan-Erik Soderholm jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com
Thu Feb 14 11:43:12 EST 2013


Christoph Gartmann wrote 2013-02-14 17:12:
> In article <ao4f7kFhm8aU1 at mid.individual.net>, Michael Unger <spam.to.unger at spamgourmet.com> writes:
>> On 2013-02-14 11:23, "Christoph Gartmann" wrote:
>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> [...]                                                      If so, convert your
>>> MS-paint file into PostScript, transfer it via FTP in image mode and try it
>>                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^
>>> again.
>>
>> Isn't PostScript strictly "text"?
>
> No, it depens on the level. Level 1 is, newer levels may contain binary
> graphics.
>
> Regards,
>     Christoph Gartmann
>

But, isn't this "binary graphics" still encoded using hex or base64 (or
whatever) so the actual representation in the .ps file is still "text" ?

Can you embed true 8-bit binary content in a .ps file ?

Jan-Erik.




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