This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Bill: I usually send my commands to the 890 in a separate file before I run another job, but they can be embedded into the Postscript code of any existing job. I have stripped in hopper and paper size commands in Adobe Illustrator files and also changed device-specific parameters, but…
Per, you might want to look at something called "PS Tutor", which is billed as a full PS interpreter which outputs interactively to a PC screen. It's specifically for learning PS, not for production use (since it doesn't talk to printers). From Lincoln & Co., (617)369-1441. You didn't mention if…
#88 –> Color slides
Message #7598
David: Do you work at Reynolds? Dave B.
I was using the Nec LC890 on my IBM but I have it hooked up to my new Mac now. I had problems getting it installed when I first hooked it up. I have it hooked up through AppleTalk. Hypercard would not print anything no matter what I chose in…
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#lc890 + envelopes
Message #7596
>>Feed on the left Bill, Guess it was just a problem of which left – from behind the printer or from in front. Finally got it worked out and figured out where the manual feed slot is. Thanks for your help. NEC has a long way to go in their…
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Screen Fonts
Message #7595
Why is it I get large spaces in-between words when using any font but Helvetica and Times Roman when ever I use PageMaker, Windows Write, Ami etc. I have the screen fonts for the other typefaces installed and it looks like the font, but obviously there is something wrong with…
A PostScript debugging program called LaserTalk exists now on the Macintosh, and is announced for release soon on the PC under Windows. This product uses the interactive abilities of the PostScript interpreter in your laser printer to show you line by line the results of your PostScript code, and sounds…
Take a look also at Glypha, which is another "Egyptian" (square serif) face found in the Adobe library. Unfortunately it isn't available in an extra-bold or black weight.
Thanks I will contact them. -Ted
Thanks I will have a look at "Memphis" in my type atlas — Ted(edward)
Please note that in my companion message there should have been a line-break before the word "Thanks"
No $%^##"!? Thanks to you, we've pretty much got our MAC to IBM port done. But so far have no way to create screen fonts. Do you know of anyone who has successfully created GEM or WINDOWS screen fonts either from a Fontographer-created PS font or from a MAC screen…
About 6 months ago, I think, Kingsley/ATF Type Corp. sent me a flyer on what was to be their initial PostScript type offerings. I never followed up the announcement, but Stymie was on their list (as were Bodoni, Americana. Spartan, Franklin Gothic and Cooper). Maybe the actually released Stymie. Their…
RS-232 bridge to Atalk
Message #7587
Is there a utility to bridge a COM port to the PAP under Appletalk on a PC? If not, would anyone other than myself find this useful? If so, EMAIL me and I'll start hacking… David Geller Electric Logic, Inc. 72667,1312
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Sign Maker
Message #7586
Colossal Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA (415) 967-3656 PostScript language interpreter and hardware to drive 36×42" devices at 200 dpi. $6995. Uses the WEITEK Hyperscript processor as implemented in a board by RIPS of Boulder, CO.
Use the RM Function to read this message.
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Font Downloader
Message #7584
Colin: Thanks for the tip on LaserStatus. If you really want to write a Fontographer review, please send details and plans Eplex to me. We'd be more than happy to work something out. The only PostScript fonts available for the Mac that aren't made with Fontographer are the ones from…
Service Bureau Software
Message #7583
Hi, Does anyone here know of a list of all available software titles in both the Mac & DOS areas that support PostScript output? The company I'm consulting for is interested in starting a service bureau and would like to be able to claim support for all possible titles. Any…
Jon – This works on a Mac? Where do you put the message in an MSW letter? IN the header? IN the body? Does it matter if it's the first item in the file? ……..Best, – Bill W.
Richard – You're still ubable to get manual feeding out of the Mac? That's odd. Tell me what you're doing. If you're trying to do it through embedded commands, I still haven't figured that out, but I do it using the control panel very neatly. ……..Best, – Bill W.
Yes, you are right. That does make it easier. I am using a Mac now (used to be IBM) and I can't get manual feed to work at all with the Mac.
Edward: Stymie, to the best of my knowledge, hasn't been released. But you might try looking at Memphis. It's got the Stymie feel, and it comes in 4 weights. — Jon
Richard: I've used the following code to switch my NEC 890 with good results: statusdict begin 2 setpapertray legaltray (or lettertray, depending on paper size) end I just send it using PostHaste or PS-Send and I haven't had a problem. To switch back, just change the 2 to a 1.…
Postscript>Pagemaker
Message #7577
I have a question about impoting the postscript sample files that are locatede in the #4 and #5 directories. I have tried to impot them into pagemaker and print them on my NEC890, but nothing seems to print. It goes though the [Dmotions of sending the file but no printing…
Linotype For Sale
Message #7576
Linotype Linotronic 100, PostScript RIP with 50 Adobe Fonts, Film Processor and high capacity paper cassettes. Perfect Condition. $22,000. Call Colophon Inc. 415-775-8899
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`Font Information
Message #7575
Try asking Scott Leyes 71041,121 on this forum. I saw some stuff he wrote hereabouts that seemed real informative.
Do you work for Xerox?
Steve, it sounds like your Settransfer idea may be the best one so far. Kathleen Tinkel found variations from one scanner to another, and I tried this afternoon, per your suggestion, to print a reversed Microtek image with Pagemaker…and had the same problem! I'm going to call Microtek tomorrow and…
Fractions / Upgrade
Message #7572
I recently was notified of upgrades on Adobe fonts I own for use with IBM/Windows environment. They installed fine – in fact, it was a much improved and much simpler installation. I noticed that some of the ALT key sequences in the "Standard Character Access Chart" have changed. For examples,…
I think you're right…and will be calling Microtek's tech people tomorrow! Your fax arrived ok today – thanks a million. I'm including it in a package I'm sending Fed Ex to both Quark and Microtek. We'll get this thing figured out one way or another!!
Postscript debugging
Message #7570
I'm new to PostScript programming and would like to know if there is any way I could either have my printer do some debugging on my programs or if any PostScript interpreter with debugging options exists for PC's. I guess Display PostScript would do this ? Any chance of getting…
It's easier if you pull the whole second sheet feeder assembly forward. ……..Best, – Bill W.
adobe typefaces
Message #7568
Is the "STYMIE" tpeface included in the adobe type library. Or if not is there an equivalent with square serifs and a extra bold face. We need this for a company logo. If not I guess we could design the graphics but this would take longer !! Any suggestions?
sonata font/ibm
Message #7566
I've been waiting for an announcement of sonata font for the ibm, which I desperately (OK; maybe "desperately" ought to be reserved for things like Armenia or suchlike) need for my Jim Miller Personal Composer. Is it out yet? It's been Real Soon Now for an awfully long time .…
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Ventura
Message #7565
Nobody asleep. Will check it out.
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#lc890 + envelopes
Message #7564
Pull the little door at the front of the second bin down(as if to load paper). Now look at where the printer would feed the paper from that bin. That's the manual feed slot. You can stand a piece of paper in that slot (behind the rubber rollers, in front…
nec LC890 w/ Mac
Message #7563
I have recently switched to a Mac and I have hooked up my LC890 wuth very nice results. However, I can't seem to get the second bin choice. Is there some third party LC890 driver that I need. I have patched LaserPrep with the smoothie program from MacPro Forum.
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#Reversed TIFF Files
Message #7562
Wow! I'm so glad* somebody was able to replicate our problem!!! Now, I have to figure out why the people at Quark claim they can't make XPress duplicate my problem. Are you using TOPS, by any chance?
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Varityper
Message #7561
Amen to the desire for complete font families! Let's hope that Adobe and Linotype are listening. It's entirely too easy to sell numbers of type faces, but for PostScript to become the universal standard for typesetting that it can be, complete font families–including, in some cases, proper masters for various…
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#Reversed TIFF Files
Message #7548
What scanner software is producing the TIFF files that are not inverting properly? It may not be QuarkXpress' fault. I've seen it happen a couple times too, and it was in PageMaker as well. What I believe the problem is that the scanner software is incorrectly changing the "settransfer" function,…
I read that passage in the bookstore already. 🙂 The way I've heard it, the Adobe hints are decisions to ignore certain strokes at small sizes. Obviously, there has to be some feedback between the character and the ratio of the proposed charactsize to stroke, and the density of the…
At last September's Seybold Seminar, John Warnock of Adobe pointed out that a good font scaling algorithm could be written in PostScript and used by non-Adobe fonts. In fact, he said that Adobe's algorithm was originally created and tested in PostScript code; it was implemented at a lower level in…
On a PC – you can use AUTOCAD and drive a laser, water-pressure, or razor cutting device. The fonts are poor, but there are many AUTOCAD sites producing *plot* files used by cutting equipment. Contact Autodesk for more information. For PostScript-like stuff, Collosal Graphics of California has a RIPS based…
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Can Illustrator…
Message #7523
The way I finally got A&L to do "linked chains", with the help of the Computer Support Corp (Arts & Letters) tech support folks, was this: 1. draw an ellipse 2. Where the other "link" would "cut thru" the first, put two new handles. Then stretch this little cut segment…
I thought you might be interested in this quote from an excellent new book, Real World PostScript, just out, regarding Adobe's "hints". (Edited by Stephen F. Roth, Addison Wesley, 1988). It's from an essay, "Building Smart Fonts" by Michael Mace (founder of Century Software). "So how does Adobe do it?…
Aye, that would be the "Sign Maker." They make several models and they are FAST! They cost a pretty penny too. I know they specialize in CAD/CAM equipment, so the sign maker makes good use of that technology. Gerber has 200 – 300 fonts that cost about $275 each. They…
So who are the three working on this? 😉 You can tell me in Easyplex if you like. From what I've heard, the hints are built by hand. That makes the process inherently labor-intensive, to say the least, and therefore any Adobe competitor needs to put in at least as…
So Compugraphic PS fonts are not encoded, and are stored in Fontographer's compressed format?
I've been connected with the typesetting industry for years. Typesetting shops using Compugraphic, Varityper, or other non-Linotype equipment have had to struggle in the market against the understandable desire of their customers to have "true" fonts–which in almost all cases means Linotype faces with Linotype tradenames. My clients with CG…
PostScript is strongly oriented toward raster output devices (laser printers, laser typesetters, CRT displays, etc.) rather than vector devices like the Sign Maker you describe. It would take a very substantial programming effort to adapt even a limited subset of PostScript to such a device–though it would certainly be nice.…
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