#PRINTING PRO-PAGE3
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LAURIE,
Thanks for the postscript info. I will try it on a sample page and see if
it works. I have MULTIDOS already on my hard disc. I tried once before
setting some pages to PRO.PAGE postscript but ran out of room on the disc;
would not the same thing happen in PC format?
The company apparently are using a linotronic printer but I doubt it is
connected to an AMIGA. I think they may be doing conversions to another
computer, which I do not know. I will find out. I usually send them the
fonts on an additional disc when I send the mag to them, so I cannot
understand why it does not work out. They say they can work better with
Adobe Type 1 fonts but do these not need to be converted to compugraphics
anyway? In this specific area, I am no expert. I just assumed that
printers were professional people and knew what they were doing and when
they told me they could print from AMIGA/PRO.PAGE I took them at their
word.
Body text is TIMES ROMAN & TRIUMVIRATE with major headlines done in either
TRIUMVIRATE or additional fonts that I occasionally use from the George
Thompson collection of typefaces.
I'll get back to you with my results to your postscript suggestion which
seems a clever way around the problem. It would also mean I could work
closer to home as, I would imagine, the city printers do not take a month
to do the work.
IAIN.
Iain,
PPage only uses Compugraphic fonts to produce outlines on screen, but to
print to a PS device it needs the Type 1 Postscript substitutes.
When you print to a postscript file or postscript device you need to have
Postscript fonts. The compugraphic fonts will be substituted by PPage with
the downloadable Postscript version <IF> it is available to the program
and in the PS directory of CGFonts: In this PS directory the fonts have a
.psfont extension, these are expanded versions of the usually compressed
postscript fonts and can be generated using Fontmanager and Type 1 PS
fonts. If you look in the CGFonts directory you will find an alias list
called psfont.alias. Examine this file in an editor and you'll find for
example that Triumvirate is Helvetica. Without the fonts in your PS
directory, it is up to the imagesetter or postscript device's storage
device to find the font called for by the Postscript program file. If the
bureau you use doesn't have it online then the device will default to the
typeface set as the default font, usually Courier, I guess since it is
ugly enough to be noticeable immediately when you proof the output.
My suggestion is to get the Type 1 Postscript font for each version of the
Compugraphic fonts your using now. Generate the expanded .psfont using
Fontmanager and set the download font option in the printer requester when
you print to the file.
Hope you find this helpful,
Chris
CHRIS,
This whole postscript vs compugraphic fonts thing is something I
really need to study. I have to make up a small page and then convert
it to postscript for a PC disc and then take it to a printers after
checking for his particular settings. Once I have done this and seen
the results and taken some more advice, I will be in a position to
ask more detailed questions.
You and Jeff and Laurie have been vetry helpfull to me and I thank you
for your advice.
By the way, I have made contact with BJ PRINT & GRAPHICS. It seems
they can also output to film which I can then take to local printers
for final printing.
Good. You've discovered films. Keep asking questions and you'll learn a
lot more. 😉
Jeff Walker – Just Amiga Monthly.
Iain,
Do check out POST the postscript interpreter for the Amiga. It will allow
you to preview postscript files on screen.
MICHAEL,
Thanks! I will try to download POST, it's in this library?
IAIN.
Here in Amiga User Libraries:
[72230,323] Lib: 6
POST17.LZH/Bin Bytes: 210944, Count: 148, 09-Apr-92
Title : Post 1.7, a PostScript interpreter
Keywords: POST 1.7 POST17 ALYWARD POSTSCRIPT INTERPRETER
Post" is a software based PostScript interpreter, presently running on
the Amiga. Post uses the Arp library (V39+), primarily for its file
requester. You will need at least a megabyte of memory, more for high
density printer output.
Chris