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Tim, Pixelations has gone kind of dormant due to the recession — I'm mainly doing consulting work for the moment. I still come onto CIS regularly, and I try to answer the mail promptly. Justin
Amax and PS printers
Message #6496
I haven't been able to get my Amax II and my HP Laserjet II (with PS cartridge) to work together. I capture the PostScript file and then try to print it using the Amax utility, and nothing happens. I can transfer the file to the Amiga side and then send…
Ron, Pixelations is indeed still in business, although I've been rather swamped lately. Regarding the font size problem with excellence! I think the easiest answer is to use the CG fonts and utility to create bitmaps at the sizes you need, seems to me there is a tool for making…
Michael, Actually, PixelScript doesn't use a scratch area (that's one reason we can run at all on a 1meg machine), we use a completely different approach to rasterizing. We offer 6 packages of fonts (typically 3 per package) — you'll get info on these when you register PixelScript. You can…
We tried to keep the manual short and simple, and cut some areas too short. We were torn between giving a technical explanation (which I now wish we had done) and trying to make things automatic. More technical detail would have allowed people who are more knowledgable to diagnose problems,…
Gee, I think PixelScript would be a great answer to your needs! Justin (author of PixelScript)
Wayne, I'm wondering if it would be useful to have dashed lines for the case of straight lines only (which are pretty easy). Its the curves that throw me a curve! Justin
John, Well, that's the basic idea, but I found it was rather dicier in practice, at least given the way I handled some stuff internally. It's one of those things that could be fixed if I thought it would be cost-effective, and maybe if I hear enough requests for it,…
The current version of PixelScript does not handle dashed lines (doing dashed Bezier curves is a real bear!).
Landscape DTP
Message #35473
The output with PixelScript isn't much slower than using ProPage directly, and of course the advantage is that landscape (and margins) will come out correctly. On Amigas with '020s or '030s the performance is quite reasonable (and compared to a PostScript printer, very cheap!) Justin/Pixelations
Mike, Yes, you can use the CGFonts with PixelScript. The only trick is to decide whether to set them up for downloading (put them into CGFonts/PS when you CreateFont), or to install them in PxSFonts: (remember to change the name from xxx.psfont to xxx.pxsfont as you copy them). Justin
Bill, You need to do one of two things: 1) put "/bind {} def" into your startup.ps file in PxSConfig (after the other system functions, its about line 68) 2) send me your PixelScript registration number and I'll send you the fixed version. Justin
Hi, The person from Pixelations who is on CIS is me, Justin Fisher. PixelScript will handle ProPage landscape pages, as was mentioned. Send me your US Mail address and I'll send our literature. Justin
Ron, We at Pixelations have a series of PostScript compatible typefaces, for which we provide metric files and bit-maps to allow Excellence! to be used quite nicely. Send me your postal address and I'll send along our literature! Justin/Pixelations
Ron, Obviously, I think our software is a pretty good buy! But if you do a lot of PostScript printing, you'll want the added performance that the hardware will give you. basically it comes to $$$ versus time (doesn't it always?) Justin
Mike, The character sizes, etc, are compatible of course, but the PageStream format is totally different. Justin
Well, I'll just have to keep on waiting! Justin
Chris, Sorry to say, you have to keep the fonts separate due to the varying requirements of the DTP packages. Unfortunately there isn't a standard way of handling fonts for the Amiga (despite a standard bitmap – which PageStream doesn't use). The FontInstaller should let you set up a location…
#CG Fonts
Message #30221
Has anyone seen any Compugraphic fonts yet? I ordered a set over a month ago, and I haven't seen any signs of them. Justin
Mike, Our PostScript fonts are hinted (using Nimbus-Q technology) and work with any PostScript device (including low-cost interpreters, like our own PixelScript which runs on the Amiga). I haven't got my Compugraphic fonts for ProPage 1.3 yet, so I don't what they'll be supplied with, but our PostScript fonts come…
Our fonts work with Professional Page, PageStream, excellence!, City Desk, ProWrite (with ProScript), Laserscript, and even Shakespeare. Remember, these are PostScript fonts – you'll need a PostScript printer or PixelScript to take advantage of the outlines (of course the bitmaps work as bitmaps anywhere).
Try using the PCL (HP's Printer Control Language) command to set the bottom margin. It seems to us that it needs to be set, even though the docs say it shouldn't.
I can understand your interest in hard disk support, etc., but we have tried to produce a PostScript printer utility that will meet the needs of the more typical Amiga PostScript printer owner. You have to remember that the Amiga DTP market is much smaller than the Mac DTP market…
Whoops! In my previous message I didn't answer a key question: how to order! We accept Visa/Mastercard or a check ($65) and you can use email, call us at 508-393-7866, FAX to 508-393-6119, or mail to Pixelations Inc., P.O. Box 547, Northboro MA 01532
The trick is to get the Adobe fonts onto the Amiga disk in the first place. For this we supply instructions on how to take Mac versions and use a few tricks plus Mac-2-Dos (or the equivalent) to bring them over. The approach for IBM format should be very similar.…
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#PxS, PgS HELP!!!!!!!!
Message #29662
I think you probably have the fixed version of PixelScript already. If not, the fix is simple: in the "startup.ps" file in PxSConfig, after the definition of showpage insert a "/bind {} def" without the quotes.
In connection with your desire for AFM-to-PageStream conversion, I'd like to point out that our PostScript Series of fonts come with the proper metrics for PageStream support (along with screen reps) so that you can get accurate page layout as well as PostScript printing. We are looking into how to…
#Font Downloader
Message #29660
For those of you who have been asking about how to download fonts to your PostScript printers, I'd like to note that we have (finally) released our PostScript Printer Utility, which handles downloading of fonts among other useful features. If you'd like to know more, send us email or your…
There are several methods for dealing with the fact that Professional Page (unlike PageStream) makes life quite difficult for downloadable PostScript fonts. The first is buy our PostScript Printer Utility which lets you download the fonts to your PostScript printer and make them resident. A second approach is to download…
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PxS, PgS Plight!!!!!
Message #29557
I'll email you the corrected startup.ps file (that way you needn't worry about editors, etc.) PixelScript doesn't support dashed lines (its about the only PostScript feature that is lacking). We are working to put it into the next release. As for the positioning problems you're having, it sounds like everything…
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#Compugraphic Fonts
Message #90900
I have trouble seeing how it will benefit the Amiga user community for one company to have exclusive control over something as important as fonts. It seems to me that Gold Disk has been slow to bring out the fonts, and slow to introduce new features to ProPage. If they…
Jrgen, I don't think there's an easy way to add characters to a PageStream font. There is an Atari program to create fonts for PageStream (I am told). PageStream does come with a Helvetica-like font. Justin
Richard, We plan to include the ability to create IFF bitmap images in our next release of PixelScript. Justin
J0RGEN, PageStream fonts have a rather complete set of extended characters (including the ones you asked about), although some fonts lack the required characters. Certainly PageStream can handle fonts that do have those characters. Justin Fisher/Pixelations
Barry, PixelScript will let you use type 3 PostScript fonts (for example, our Pixelations' PostScript Series fonts), and EPS clip art. Also, I have heard that ProPage doesn't do landscape with the CG fonts. Of course, PixelScript prints at your printer resolution. Justin
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#PixelScipt
Message #26888
I DO want to include the IFF output option in the next release of PixelScript. It ought to be pretty easy to hack the DPS code (on the PixelScript disk) to make a raster file to IFF converter. DPS reads the compressed raster and displays it on the screen, so…
I'd be happy to send some literature — just let me know how many people will be attending the workshop. I'm also delighted to hear that your school district has programs for gifted students. When I was in school the favored approach was to double my homework load!
Our PostScript fonts are type 3, but we're trying to make our downloader work with type 1 fonts as well.
Paul, Your answer to RIchard's question was great — thanks! Never thought about having honorary PxS reps; I'll have to think about it. Might be a good idea! Justin
Donna B. PixelScript is the PostScript interpreter that runs on the Amiga and effectively turns any printer into a PostScript printer. Send me a US mail address and I'll send our literature. Hope to hear from you soon! Justin Fisher/pixelations
Lee, – A 1meg system ought to be able to use several fonts without problems. Graphics can eat up RAM in a hurry, so that doesn't surprise me as much. How much RAM is available on the system before you run PixelScript? Are you using a lot of RAM for…
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#City Desk 2.0
Message #26573
Lee, You might be interested in our PostScript series of fonts that can be used with all the leading DTP packages, including City Desk 2.0 You can use them with the PostScript laser printer, or you can use PixelScript to print the PostScript file on your 9-pin printer (with output…
Paul, John: Here I am jumping in at last! PixelScript will give quite nice results on a 24-pin printer, but not as nice as on a 300-dpi DeskJet or LaserJet. Paul's explanation was excellent BTW! John – email me your US mail address and I can send you our literature…
Paul, Yes, we include screen fonts for PageStream. ProPage will handle our fonts the way it does non-Compugraphic fonts: it will scale the bit map versions for the screen but will print with the full resolution PostScript versions. The third EPS clip is a "gentleman tipping his hat" (such ornaments…
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#Pagestrm/newltr look
Message #26339
Paul, By the way, we now have 4 volumes of additional fonts that will work with PageStream (and ProPage, and excellence!, and so on) and PixelScript! They are PostScript fonts (not Adobe's – they're our own) and can be downloaded to a PostScript printer (easiest with our soon-to-be-released PostScript font…
Lee, We've verified the problem that you described and are happy to tell you that it is fixed in 1.1f, which we are sending to you. Justin
#PostScript fonts & EPS
Message #25582
Pixelations is pleased to announce the first 7 volumes in Pixelations' PostScript Series of typefaces, EPS clip art, and PostScript utilities. We have released 4 volumes of typefaces, 2 volumes of very high quality EPS printer's ornaments, and a sampler containing a useful Amiga key font (also including mice), some…
Freelance Tech Writer
Message #24177
To all freelance technical writers: We need to have a user manual written for a new product that we are developing, and we're having trouble finding tech writers who know the Amiga. We expect the manual to be 50-100 pages, and we will take care of layout and production so…
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#PixelScript/LazerXpress
Message #22545
Chris, I'm passing your questions on to Kevin (the programmer who handles this stuff). I think what's happening with the ExpressPaint PS file being printed by PixelScript is that you're trying to halftone a halftone and that's not going to look good (I think, anyway). You only want to convert…
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PXS? L300 FrontEnd?
Message #22215
Chris, I guess you could use PixelScript as the front end for a Lino, but I think if your associate is going to the expense of getting the L300 for the output, then it would make sense to get a good hardware-assisted raster engine to drive it. Some of those…
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