This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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PSCRIPT.DRV
Message #3510
I just downloaded WIN-GN.ARC, un-ARCed it, and looked at PSCRIPT.DRV. The date on the driver in WIN-GN.ARC is 3-11-87, but I have a later driver — dated 5-21-87. The later driver came with PageMaker 1.0a. It's almost a year old… is there a later driver yet? Thanks…
#Apple Laserwrtr on VAX
Message #3509
I need some help in getting a print queue for an Apple Laserwriter to work properly on a MicroVax. I've set up a standard terminal print queue and can get one form to print fine , but then the ready light on the laser writer continues to blink after the…
Jonathan, I also use Microsoft Word, extensively. I spend most of my time in that environment—but with just a simple style-sheet that provides visual separation of paragraphs, and no formatting per-se—and then import the text into Ventura Publisher for formatting and layout. I confess I haven't yet used VP's index…
I never even thought of this problem. We have a few Scriptprinters around, and I'll try a few things out. If I get anywhere, I'll let you know. My first thought was to change the password to 0, but it would be the string 0, not an integer, but then…
Richard Could you give me a clue as to what you do to initialize the fonts in ASCII format? I have 4 Adobe font packages that are useless to me, since our printers are connected to a VAX, and I need to DL the fonts from it. Any advice is…
Mark, Thanks for the info. I'm not sure that the control-C approach works. My experience has been that the control-C is acknowledged by the postscript printer only after the printer finishes its current task. You seem to know more about it than me, however. Is there some sort of interrupt…
windows386 files?
Message #3504
I am pleased to find your forum. I attempted a message on this question earlier when the use of the system was new to me and am sure it was garbled. As a new user we loaded all of the files needed for the acquisition of screen fonts from the…
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Illustrator '88
Message #3503
I am waiting. Of course, if Aldus beats them with a PC version of FreeHand … Just hoping to inspire a little competition here! Steven MAC-less [sigh]
GEM
Message #3502
Could you please tell me if the -oth files will work with " GEM " before I go to the trouble of downloading them. Thank you for your help, John Johnson 71500,1445
Yes. He points out that this will only occur if one types in the filename oneself, omitting the CIS number. When Navigator retrieves something in response to a Get It request it prepends the number. Following his advice I tried prepending the number in brackets [] to the filename, and…
What sort of fiction are you interested in? My interests run mostly to "soft" science fiction: character-study stories that happen to be set against a science fiction background. I've been attending meetings of a writer's group for about four years, during which time I've written perhaps 3-1/2 stories, much less…
downloading PC fonts
Message #3499
John, I am sorry for the delay in responding to your message. I only read the easy plexes on the 76701,26 id. The font files that you referred to are fine; I have downloaded them. What baud rate are you using? I recommend 1200 baud for consistency. I have attempted…
pc fonts
Message #3498
Here is a message that was left as an easy plex for me. I prefer to receive this type of message on the forum so that others can benefit from the response as well. I…download files from DL-7. I managed to get: IBMSCR.DOC PCNAME.DOC WIN-GN.ARC PO-WIN.ARC ZP-WIN.ARC but: AG-WIN.ARC BK-WIN.ARC…
#PSDOWN.EXE Downloader
Message #3497
I have been trying to use PSDOWN to down load fonts to a Digital LN03R ScriptPrinter. When PSDOWN asks for the printer password, it seems to only except numeric input (it only echos numbers). The LN03R's password is "LN03R" hence I can't seem to get the program to work with…
Charles, I just returned from another demo of Illustrator '88 and I'm glowing as much now as when I saw it last week. On a side by side comparison with FreeHand (under MultiFinder), I-88 is simpler to use and more elegant. It _does_ lack some of the text handling that…
Display Postscript
Message #3495
Is Display Postscript REAL? I want to see it.
screen font 4-8
Message #3494
Does Adobe (or anyone else) have a screen font (any font – I'm desperate) in the 4 – 8 range. I noticed in DL6 all the font libraries start with 10. Why is there nothing smaller and is it available. Thanks for the help Elliot 70041,137
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#Clipping on Linotron 100
Message #3493
That message using setpageparams was right. But, if you are using PageMaker 2.0 or 3.0 on the Mac there is an easy way. On the File:print screen in PageMaker, click on Change and select Linotronic as the target printing device and tabloid as the paper size. Note that you must…
#SCREEN FONTS IN DL6
Message #3492
ARE THE SCREEN FONTS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING OFFERED WITHOUT CHARGE?
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service bureau
Message #3491
Adam, We will be revising our Service Bureau list in the near future. We are thinking about separating out Adobe Illustrator and Font dealers from the other Service Bureaus and creating two lists. Are you an Adobe Dealer? I will pass along your name and phone number and have some…
So far, not many. Some suggested getting resedit and renaming one serif and one sans-serif to be a generic screen font for each face with a missing 9 pt. screen font. Yuk to that. I've learned to live with it. Frederick
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What, no SYMBOL???
Message #3489
George, As you might have guessed you are not the first person to request the Symbol font for the PC. We are still in the process of testing it and the other ROM based fonts. In the process of font production the released Macintosh downloadable fonts received priority for porting…
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Illustrator
Message #3488
Kathleen, Thank you for your comments. I do understand your needs. I guess it sometimes comes down to having to set priorities and make choices. I was not really involved in the choices or decisions that were made in terms of the development and functionality of Adobe Illustrator. I continue…
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Margins on L100
Message #3487
Merv, Check the PostScript Supplement manual that came with the L100. It contains a section on setting the margins. You do have to take into consideration the height, width and offset of the page that you expect to print out, but in general you should be able to reset the…
#3402-
Pack It III
Message #3486
Keith, The PackIt III utility program is available in DL6. It is a Macintosh utility. -Esther Kletter
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APS support PS
Message #3485
There are lists of applications that support PostScript in DL8. These lists are broken down by environments. They include Apple, IBM PC and compatibles, Mini/Mainframes and Others such as Atari and Commodore. The lists are in ASCII text format for perusing online and in packed .SIT format for downloading. They…
#3398-
#Character Spacing Info
Message #3484
Scott, We provide the AFM files which do contain the font metric information. We do not have any "generic" character spacing charts because each font is quite different. It is possible to look at the file format for the AFM files and extract the information that you need. There is…
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#duplicate F-LWPL.TXT
Message #3483
Dennis, You are correct that there are two files with the same name. They are identical except that one with the earlier date has line feed characters at the end of each line so that the IBM PC folks can read it online. I will delete the earlier one. I…
#3392-
MISSING FILES
Message #3482
Roger, I was pretty certain that the font downloader for the Macintosh was online. It may be in DL6 with the Mac fonts. I know that the PC downloader is in DL7 and it is called PSDOWN. I will have to check further for you. About IDCON.TXT – I don't…
#3397-
templates
Message #3481
Scott, Thank you for your response to John Tippie. I also added some additional comments and then captured the thread of the messages. I will upload it to a DL5 for future reference. -Esther Kletter
#3391-
templates
Message #3480
continued from previous message…ek Since your output is not affected by the dpi of your scanned image, we advise that you scan full page images in at 75 dpi (25% of 300). If you do have an image that is made up of small detailed figures, you can scan the…
#3391-
templates
Message #3479
John, Usually, artists using Adobe Illustrator trace a scanned image to create high quality line art and original illustrations. You can use any scanner that saves a file in PICT or MacPaint format in order to be compatible with Adobe Illustrator. To scan full page images, the scanner software must…
I used to make my living as a typographer, and I don't pretend to any great skill as an artist or illustrator. I'm also just "getting my feet wet" with the Macintosh, and I've never done any real work with Illustrator (old or new). All that said, I am very…
If I could jump in here, I too agree with the sentiment of Kathleen's message. Freehand has initially made me appreciate Illustrator the more. I'm hesitant to learn the drawing tricks of Freehand because I've had so many problems with inconsistencies in Freehand. I've twice now had to redo things…
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#PostScript Niceties
Message #3475
1) Most postscript printers allow you to abort the running procedure by sending a Control-C to the printer. 2) To add a character to a font, you need to create a new font following the "creating an analytic font" example in the blue book. Before looking up the character proceedure…
9-point Mac fonts
Message #3474
Which of the Adobe fonts for the Macintosh are available in a 9-point size? Which of those available is considered the best for plain, straight text printing? I've seen Garamond and I like it, but I understand that it has spacing problems with the Laserwriter. Have these been fixed?
Subject file names?
Message #3473
Can you please tell me the names of the files for Adobe screen fonts for both Macintosh and PC/DOS?
Looping and Page size
Message #3472
Does anyone know how to access the value of loop indexes? What I have in mind is to make logical tests on the index as it changes in the loop and then perform various things. For example, if the index is even, then do so and so. I suppose I…
Philosophically . . .
Message #3471
I like the Ceramicron. It's a little coarse and fuzzy compared to a technical pen, but it seems willing to stay in my handbag for weeks on end, then make a mark when required to — and I can't say that about any Rapidograph that I've ever known. I think…
Downloading fonts
Message #3470
I am using a AT clone with a QMS 810 printer attached via the parallel line. I have been trying to get use PageMaker's download but it does not work, and the one that came with the system uses only the serial port. PageMaker says they know about the problem…
#3315-
batch loading fonts
Message #3469
What equipment are you using to send the fonts from, MAC, MS-DOS? I am using both MACs and Amiga in a service bureau atmosphere. "Elaborate" software still is non-existant for the Amiga. I am however able to initialize the fonts in ASCII format to send to our Linotronic 100 or…
Right, I've heard of the other PS clones in development, but where did you hear about this Japanese one? I've heard that they've got it running on MS-DOS, and that it was public domain, and that they were lacking in font support, which is a very difficult part of the…
If you want to do anything like "filling out forms", where your form data is in a dBASE III database, you can certainly do that through Ventura Publisher (though Ventura is much more than a "driver"). You can use dBASE to construct a formatted text file which can be used…
PS Abort/New Char
Message #3466
Any thoughts on my request of a week or so back on how to abort a 'busy' laserwriter using PostScript and on how to replace the character description for just one character in a PS font? Just checking…
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EtherTalk/Mac OS
Message #3465
Jerald, According to the press, Apple did buy non-exclusive rights to QuickerDraw (or QuickerGraf) and it will be included in the new System release (which was originally scheduled for March). QuickerGraf is useless, though, in any mode other than 8 bit per pixel mode on a Mac II. I'm convinced…
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Illustrator
Message #3464
Kathleen, I, um, well, I _like_ Word. I _was_ an RSG4 fan for awhile, jumped on the Xpress bandwagon for a very short while, and am now in love, once again, with PageMaker 3.0. But I'll _never_ abandon Word. The unspoken truth in your message is, I think, that it's…
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Illustrator
Message #3463
Kathleen, I've long abandoned my Rapidographs, but I still have (and use) a hand waxer that must be 8 years old (at least). Some things will never go out of style… -Biff-
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Garamond Oddity
Message #3462
Kathleen, I found a very strange bug (someday, I _must_ make it over to the Aldus forum) which incurred a printer error when attempting to print a 75 dpi TIFF file (it was late at night and I forgot to jot the number down, though). With the new Image Control,…
#3434-
DTP USERS' GROUPS
Message #3461
BIFF: THANKS FOR THE LEADS! I'LL FOLLOWUP ON THEM ASAP! STEVE BOWERS ("LOCALLY" IS BUFFALO, NEW YORK)
Thanks but when you say emulation I assume that you would lose all of the fonts that are normally available with a ps printer. I've got a feeling that I'll will end up compromising and using our Hp Laserjet. Thanks Don
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