How do I convert a mozilla.ps to html or some extention that can be read in a Microsoft OS?

[Hans Henry von Tresckow]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Steven Vollom
<stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Willy K. Hamra wrote:
>> Steven Vollom wrote:
>>
>>> Paul Lemmons wrote:
>>>
>>>> Steven Vollom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My printer is not working and I have to print a rebate and receipt.
>>>>> I went to a friend's after copying the doc's. to a thumb drive.
>>>>> Their computer could not read and print a mozilla.ps.  Is there a
>>>>> program that converts mozilla.ps to html; and will that print in a
>>>>> Microsoft PC?  I only have a few days to comply, so thanks for
>>>>> considering this an important problem.  My gratitude in advance.
>>>>> Steven
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Have it print to a pdf instead of ps.
>>>>
>>>> print->print to file  Output Format     * PDF  o Postscript
>>>>
>>> That is what it says when I print, PDF.  But when the item copied shows
>>> up on the desktop, it is entered as mozilla.ps, and that is not
>>> recognized by Windows.  The only person who can help me has had many
>>> troubles with Mozilla on his computer.  When I tried to print th .ps
>>> file on his computer, the computer was redirected to a Microsoft site
>>> for unrecognized file types.  My friend did not want to download
>>> anything relating to Mozilla; his troubles were so great when he did
>>> that he just wouldn't do it.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Steven, try as someone else suggested, to use the program ps2pdf on ur
>> linux box. on a terminal, cd to the directory containing the .ps file,
>> and type in the terminal:
>> ps2pdf mozilla.ps mozilla.pdf    (or whatever the name of the file is)
>> if ps2pdf is not installed on ur system, it will complain, and it would
>> tell you what package is needed to have this ps2pdf program, and trust,
>> it's a very helpful error message, that will tell you the exact command
>> needed to get the program :-)
>> give it a try
>>
>>
> Dear Willie,
>
> I really appreciate the help, however I am a terminal dummy.  I opened a
> terminal and typed in cd desktop, then cd /desktop, then sudo cd
> desktop.  That is where I saved the mozilla.ps.
>
> I am sorry to be so stupid.  I crave being able to use the terminal,
> however some of the basics are not explained.  Apparently they are so
> basic that the assumption is that everyone knows.
>
> I keep getting *'No such file or directory'*.
>
> Thanks for your patience.
>
> Steven
>
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to get a listing of all files, try "ls"
the Desktop is "Desktop" iirc

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Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)