This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Imagesetters don't use toner. They use a laser to expose resin coated paper, which is developed much like the film in a camera. The graphics program keeps the color info, and allows you to output separate "plates" to an imagesetter. The printer then uses these different pieces of film to…
Welcome to the Forum, Annie! Be sure to check out our Libraries, which contain files that may help you in your DTP business, as well as sample files and templates that may help with design ideas. And one of our newest libraries, Forum Transcripts (#8), has captures of conferences and…
Rick, As I recall, JustText (?) is the only popular program that uses the AFM files. All other major programs can pick up the font's width and kerning info from the screen font file. P.S. You sure sent me scrambling this week, looking for Finder Sounds here on CIS. Have…
I've also heard that ATM 1.02 will address the problem of insufficient boldness on characters that have been made bold from the Style Menu (I use a "short menu" version of screen fonts).
I thought I read somewhere that BusinessLand was being set-up to distribute software for the next. Bring in a CD-ROM, buy the program, and copy it from their machines right in the store.
Wait a minute. It sounds like you use FreeHand more than I do, but I've been able to rotate a TIFF file in FreeHand and then view it properly in XPress. The first time I tried it I didn't have enough memory (I guess), so I switched to Finder-only (on…
Maybe youse guys could take turns working (if it's a semi-slow night)! You're presence will be sorely missed by all!
Dennis, Actually, providing higher resolution output is a very important service in and of itself. These imagesetters cost around $65,000, and that doesn't include the cost of a developer, chemicals, film, etc. Since the imagesetter directly exposes the RC paper (repro) or film directly to laser light, the resolution can…
Sorry to disappoint, guy, but they haven't made a demo of it. To get more info (and this really is an exciting program for making fonts, adjusting outline stroke widths, underline thicknesses and their baseline shift), contact Design Science, at: 6475-B East Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 392 Long Beach, CA…
The need to create one or two letters of an alphabet was a steady complaint against Fontsizer. You could create a screen font suitcase with any size you wanted (as long as you had a PS printer), but folks just wanted to create a suitcase with the character that they…
You can find a file in our Personal Publishing library (#16) called PPFREE.TXT that's a form that can be printed out and mailed to PP to see if you qualify for a complimentary subscription. If nothing else, you can get the appropriate address from the file!
Joyce, With Nav, if you go into Computers and Technology–>Personal Computers (Hardware)–>Apple Users Group you'll find two the Apple Productivity (APPROD) and Apple Entertainment (APPFUN) Forums. APPROD has a section (#12) on Apple ][ Software and APPFUN has one (#5) on Education/Schools, among others.
I've only had time to play with TypeAlign a little, but I like what I've seen. A few of my customers have purchased it and are having mixed results. When I talk to them, the difference that keeps cropping up is that the ones that copy and paste from TypeAlign…
Tripp, Please tell me you don't work nights! It would be really great to have you and that other guy, um…Bill, at next Tuesday's CO at 9pm. It's called "DTP Horror Stories…And Successes!" and it just wouldn't be the same without you, especially as I've blatently ripped off the idea…
Garry, You (and others) can get a introductory sign-on kit for CompuServe (along with a $15 credit) by calling 1-800-848-8199. This is how I've gotten friends and colleagues a chance to try out CIS. And if you ask for "Representative 153" the DTP Forum will get some "brownie points" (I…
The more I read that last message, the more it appears I said that 1 inch equals one meter. I gotta stop leaving long messages after midnight!
Dennis, (Before I begin, I have a correction: Rag (or "ragged") Right means the right hand edge of a column is unevenly set, not the other way around, as I said in my previous message.) A laser printer places electric charges on a drum, to which toner sticks and is…
"Resumes? RESUMES?!" she screamed. "I spent 4 years studying English Lit (with a minor in design) at Penguin U., just to do _your_ resume??" "N-N-N-o," I stammered. "I'm thinking of starting a Resume Writing Newsletter (with lecture series, of course). Do you know where I can find a brilliant and…
Mark, Well, besides keeping track of how long a file is open (and who was logged onto the machine when it was open), I guess this "mythical" accounting program should distinguish between the time spent printing and the time spent working on a document. Also, it should probably be sensitive…
Dennis, Pre-press includes compiling all of the elements of a page that the printer needs for the actual print run. Different people take it to different levels, but remember that sometimes the best person to do some of this Pre-press stuff is the printer him/herself. Technical problems from beginners include:…
Welmoed, The "On-Line B Novel" thread is alive and well here in The Corner Pub (Section 1). The first message in this "second coming" of the thread is number 5690. Enjoy!
There's really no need to use Fontagrapher that I can see. I'm still hoping to get a demo of ParaFonts for the forum, but I've seen it in action and you can make perfect fractions (even from Adobe fonts) with it. It's a very exciting new program available from Design…
Hmm…contract or no contract I'd sure suggest deciding what the job is worth to you and letting the cutomer know. Obviously, {f you need the work you can meet them part way between the old agreement and the new number you come up with; I deal with "big city slickers"…
Um…$25 – $35K per year (which is only $12.50 – $17.50 per hour)? Or $25 – $35 per hour? (I usually try to stay out of these discussions because my views are skewed greatly by living/working in New York City, but I did try to help get Bill a raise…
Scott, Could you please post the name of this "$100 software" and let us know what (if any) connection you have with the software vendor? Your message doesn't make that clear, and I'm sure our members would like to know. As to the simple solution not requiring any new software,…
OK, Chip, you're on! I'll be Plexing my address to you forthwith, as I'd like to see samples of the 1000 x 1000 dpi output from LaserMaster. Would you care to conjecture as to why the output shown in Publish! is so bad? Did they forget to flip the magic…
FWIW, the 2nd part of David's message to you is message number 5877, if you want to tell TAPCIS to pick it up for you. (who is hoping to have a worthwhile contribution to this renamed thread of "DTP gone bad!" later this evening.
If you don't already use Add/Strip, I'd recommend it for de-Macifying files, Jon. It only works on text files, but you can set up 9 different translation, which should be enough to get most of the common high-bit Mac characters stripped or converted. (I have to use it here to…
That's exactly what I was hinting at, Jon. Give Quark tech support a call if you've been unable to use XPress 2.12 for any reason. Relief is available!
Brian, Do these Fontographer fonts have more than a couple of hundred kern pairs in them, by any chance? If so, I highly recommend you give Quark one more call. You may get the satisfaction you require (as of today or yesterday). If you don't "get no satisfaction" leave me…
Philip, That would partly depend on what program you're using. Leave the answer to that, and I'm sure someone can give you a short term solution to your problem. Also, you may want to check out a (relatively) new program called ParaFont, by Design Science. (We have a demo of…
Sam, Thanks for the info on BureauMaster! Do you have a company name and/or phone number where our members can get more info? And please type OPT or go to the OPTIONS selection from our main menu and change them so that both your first and last name show up…
Betty, I never thought I'd be doing slides, but the other day I needed to use a slide making program for something else. A client needed some 3-dimensional pie charts and bar charts as part of a financial statement of an annual report. I quickly picked up Visual Business Systems…
Um…I wasn't offended. Funny thing is, I never knew how important those 50 character titles would end up being, what with the LIBSUM.CAT file and the mentions of new files in the News Flashes. I haven't looked through your proposal thoroughly enough to "pick it to pieces" but what I…
Thanks for the tip, Bruce. I only have a LW on-site, but there have been times when I've gotten documentation for a program that (believe it or not) came as a PS file that wouldn't DL properly. That trick might have saved me _lots_ of cursing! Of course, it would…
Actually, you may have to fight Dan for the position of Benny. He doesn't like Kuzak's suits. (Go figure.)
Bill, Sounds like you might be interested in this file in our libraries: [76703,662] ZIPVP.ZIP/binary 27-Dec-89 9175 Accesses: 25 Title : Ventura Publisher front-end to PKZIP compresser Keywords: VENTURA PUBLISHER CHAPTERS ARCHIVE STORAGE ZIP UNZIP Desktop publishers who use Ventura Publisher must make sure to include all files used in…
Linda, Does the Taxan 1280 have separate settings that increase the size of the cursor? I've seen that done on some Mac monitors and it always drove me crazy! By the way, you might want to take the caps lock key off when leaving messages here (if you have that…
Yes, Brad realizes it. Jon will find out just how much I realize it when I see him at next week's NYPPUG meeting!
OK, I'll bite. How _do_ you start a PS download to a Lino part way through the job (after running out of film, or whatever)?
Bob, Thanks for letting us know what your experience with LaserMaster has been. I'm sure we'd all like to believe that 1000 dpi is here today and looks as good as it sounds, but that Publish! page sure didn't prove it. BTW, have you seen any printed samples of LM's…
Mark, The system choked on your second upload 'cause we're desparately low on blocks! That will be remedied 1st thing Monday morning, though, so please try again as soon as you can. In the meantime, I'm sure our PC Sysop, Skye, will get your one successful upload checked as soon…
#XPress print w/ art
Message #5838
Garry (and James), I just read something in ITC Desktop (I was skimming through and saw a short article by a guy I know) that you might find interesting. It said that _before_ exporting a file from FreeHand or Illustrator that will be brought into XPress you should make sure…
Have you tried logging onto the Sports Forum (GO SPORTS) while hubby is in the room? It's not my cup of tea, but I know one of the Sysops over there and he's a great guy!
Hmm…just call it Sysop-intuition, I guess!