CompuServe Thread

DP Program

6 messages in this thread
#36266From: jack hillJul 15, 1990 11:59 AM
Mike, Thanks. That will get me started. Have a happy day, Jack
#36831From: john bickleyJul 30, 1990 11:32 AM
Jack, take it from someone who wanted to get "professional output" without a PostScript laser printer. You won't . You'll get the closest by using PageStream with PixelScript, but if you compare it with laser or if you intend to reproduce the results, you will be disappointed (and I'm NOT a perfectionist). After a year of trying to be happy with dot matrix results, I finally caved in and saved up for a postscript laser printer. I would have saved myself a lot of disappointments if I'd done it earlier. Of course, $ factors have to be considered. But I got my printer secondhand from the original owner, 9 mos. old at about half the original price. But maybe you'll be all right with PgS – Pixel makes a BIG difference but is VERY SLOW…
#36852From: Lloyd W. Dull IIIJul 30, 1990 8:34 PM
John, I agree with your statments 100%. I, too, got tired of second-rate output and compromises. It cost me a lot, but I broke down and got a PostScript printer too. And with the Preferences driver [not perfect] that a friend found for me, it is a LOT more versatile. NOWDAYS, there are many more options, with HP type lasers + PostScript cartridges and less expensive PostScript printers. Lloyd
#36956From: john bickleyAug 2, 1990 1:34 PM
Gee, it's nice to be agreed with 100%! BTW, I forgot that this is dual membership here and I didn't sign myname – I'm Donna, not John.
#36860From: Mike SchillerJul 30, 1990 10:45 PM
John: Now wait untill you see some output from a lino, you'll look at you 300dpi laser, and consider it a low-resolution printer! (at least that's what happened with me!) Gee I wish there was a good CHEAP imagesetter available! (dreaming again<g>) -Mike Schiller In sunny Fort Lauderdale
#36957From: john bickleyAug 2, 1990 1:34 PM
As I noted to Lloyd, forgot to sign my name – I'm Donna of the Bickley's, not John. What a nasty message <grin>. I REFUSE to look at any lino output, at least not for awhile. I think the lino-type printing is coming (cheaper and more available). This field is galloping ahead, seems to me in the short time I've known about it.