_why's site is updated

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Post by feedward » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:25 PM UTC

_why's site is updated
whytheluckystiff.net

Re: _why's site is updated

#2

Post by NathanKP » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:32 PM UTC

Does anyone here know the tool or technique to convert the printer format on his website to human readable format on screen?

Edit:

So far I've discovered I can go to http://whytheluckystiff.net/SPOOL/TRUMPETS for example to download a file. Trying to figure out how to read the format at the moment.

Edit #2:

Looks like it is PCL format. I'm trying to find a decent Mac OS X program for converting PCL to image.

Edit #3:

Managed to generate this: http://i.imgur.com/AL9mSLr.jpg The quality is horrible though. I see now that some other people have already linked rendered versions in high quality, though.

It was fun trying to figure it out though. :)

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by abbot2 » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:39 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #2

Does anyone here know the tool or technique to convert the printer format on his website to human readable format on screen? Edit: So far I've discovered I can go to http://whytheluckystiff.net/SPOOL/TRUMPETS for example to download a file. Trying to figure out how to read the format at the moment. Edit #2: Looks like it is PCL format. I'm trying to find a decent Mac OS X program for converting PCL to image. Edit #3:…

Looks much like printer escape sequences.

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by cremno » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:40 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #2

Does anyone here know the tool or technique to convert the printer format on his website to human readable format on screen? Edit: So far I've discovered I can go to http://whytheluckystiff.net/SPOOL/TRUMPETS for example to download a file. Trying to figure out how to read the format at the moment. Edit #2: Looks like it is PCL format. I'm trying to find a decent Mac OS X program for converting PCL to image. Edit #3:…

GhostPCL: http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gpcldnld.html

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by danielweber » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:41 PM UTC

> Public Print Queue SPOOL/DESOLEE 2013-01-06T08:21Z SPOOL/TRUMPETS 2013-04-12T19:43Z SPOOL/SOLICIT 2013-04-12T20:10Z

Amen, brother.

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by srl » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:42 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #2

Does anyone here know the tool or technique to convert the printer format on his website to human readable format on screen? Edit: So far I've discovered I can go to http://whytheluckystiff.net/SPOOL/TRUMPETS for example to download a file. Trying to figure out how to read the format at the moment. Edit #2: Looks like it is PCL format. I'm trying to find a decent Mac OS X program for converting PCL to image. Edit #3:…

It's HP-PCL. I tried using http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ps/pcl2ps, but all I get is a rectangle with the top edge missing.

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by picklefish » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:43 PM UTC

Here is the previous HN post detailing the previous printouts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5015087

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by croddin » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:47 PM UTC

The next change to his site should be on the 18th: http://www.scribd.com/doc/119155590/DESOLEE

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by gabrielgironda » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:47 PM UTC

Here are all the PCL files rendered to PNG:

http://www.gironda.org/pcl/DESOLEE.png http://www.gironda.org/pcl/SOLICIT.png http://www.gironda.org/pcl/TRUMPETS.png

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by vorvzakone » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 8:48 PM UTC

HN needs to get over _why. So he's a bit eccentric. This isn't news.