#Comp. upgrade
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I am considering taking advantage of the recent competive upgrade offer for FC
II that I received in the mail. However, I have a few questions:
How good is the output on a DeskJet 500? I have seen PageStream's output on a
DJ (excellent); is FC's comparable?
Will Compugraphic fonts work only with 2.1+, not 2.04? Why?
To use Postscript fonts, do I need Amiga screen fonts that match the Postscript
fonts?
Can FC import ProWrite files?
What's performance like on an unaccelerated A2000HD?
Thanks for your help.
-Mike
I have a DeskJet 500 that I use with Final Copy 2. I am VERY happy with
the output quality.
I can't answer any of your other questions, however.
-J
Yes, Final Copy II does beautiful DeskJet 500 output. Just 2 minutes ago,
I finished a business proposal; I preferred using Final Copy to using WP
Windows on my '486. Easy call.
Compugraphic fonts? I don't know about 2.1 vs 2.04 I would think there
would be no problem, but CBM did change the font manager program (from
Fountain to Intellifont), and maybe that's a difference. I've only used
2.1+ with it.
I don't believe FC will import any non-ASCII files. I haven't used it,
although I just went in and checked, and there was no obvious way to
import files. Maybe it automagically knows?
Final Copy will generate the Postscript fonts both onscreen and on
printer, pretty decent quality, depending on your font source.
I'd expect performance to be okay on an A2000HD, except probably printing
time. My A3000 usually is just a tad slower than the DeskJet 500.
As usual, operating on AutoPilot,
Richard Cunningham
MS> To use Postcript fonts, do I need Amiga screen fonts that match the
MS> Postscript fonts?
No. Final Copy II will display Adobe Type 1 fonts on screen.
MS> Can FC import ProWrite files?
If you look in the FinalCopy_II/FCLibs directory you will find
(Amongst other things):
– fcpenpal.library
– fcprowrite.library
– fcwordperfect.library
So I would say yes it can.
I know that it imports wordperfect v4.something files.
This ability to import is not mentioned in the manual though (I found out
by accident!).
MS> What's performance like on an unaccelerated A2000HD?
Depends on what your doing! Typing should be ok. Screen scrolling will
be slow if you have any graphics.
Let me put it this way – It is useable.