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

[Rick Knight]

Hans Henry von Tresckow wrote:
> 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
>
>   
Steven,

You can get to your desktop with

$ cd ~/Desktop