#HP Deskjet advice
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I am seeking help and advice on my next printer purchase. My 24 pin just
bit the big one. I am looking into cheap lasers and the HP Deskjet. I do
DTP and I want something that will give a crisp, clean look. It does not
have to be PostScript perfect, but I want at least (if not better) output
than my 24 pin gave me with Pagestream 2.1. This was pretty good for a dot
matrix. I was also wondering about using a lot of the fonts that are
available. I d/led a lot of them from here and they worked great with my 24
pin! I have a friend with a HP laserjet II and the Pacific Page postscript
cartridge. He cannot use all of the fonts as I could. Any words, good or
bad on the HP DeskJet 500???? Any help would be appreciated. ** JOE **
It's a great printer. With POST and the right fonts, it is very
impressive. I use it to proof all my postscript fonts. Then I have the
printer print them on HIS laser. A good laser printer will give slightly
better looking text, but for the money the 500 cant be touched!
By saying CERTAIN fonts, what exactly do you mean? I have Pagestream 2.1
and all that comes with it and their own font PLUS PAK That has a lot of
other fonts, plus most of the Adobe type 1's that are available here. Most
of them look very good off my 24 pin….
The other thing is that I have tried POST 1.6 and don't seem to get it to
work very well.. perhaps we could talk about that too…
again any and all help is appreciated. Thanks ** JOE **
By "the right fonts" I meant Adobe type one fonts. With POST, you can use
those fonts and the output is near laser quality on a dj.
What problems are you having with POST? How much memory have you? Is
Conman installed?
I have ConMan installed and have 2 megs of fast ram. I think that my
trouble may be in the fonts area. I didn't quite understand that section of
the DOCS. I can get something printed to my screen but it is unreadable. I
never got any output before my 24pin lost its ribbon of life.
Any help that you can suggest on POST will be appreciated. Thanks Jim.. **
JOE **
Well, you have to have the fonts that the doc calls for and you have to
store them in a directory assigned to PSFONTS:
There is a postscript file called INIT.PS that comes with Post. It is
called by Post. You can read it with a text editor. Look at the last few
lines. The comment sign in postscript is %.
Use or remove it depending on your setup. (There is an explanation at the
end of Init.ps.)
Good luck. Let us know how it works out.
Thanks, I will give it a try!
Jim, I'm in the middle of the same project. Could you give us a hint as to
where to find some postscript fonts here on CI$? I DL'd a font called
Orleans, but Post gags on it. Any ideas?
Thanx for any help,
Paul
–pt–not seattle– 😉
Paul—
You have to look inside the postscript font to see what it is called.
(The name is near the top.) Then change the file name for the Amiga to
EXACTLY that.
See if that helps.
Jim, I have been calling it exactly as in the file. I will try some more
fonts, but have no idea what can and can't be used. The "postscript" font I
picked is not really "postScript".
I would like to just get one sentence with POST 1.6 in ANY font (except
Funky Font).
–pt–not seattle– 😉
I can't even get FUNKY FONT to print.
– Whapp!ng from the North Coast Michael
I am confused. You say the "postscript font" you have is not really
postscript? Then, of course, POST won't use it. But there are plenty of
postscript fonts out thee. (They are usually type three fonts, not as good
as type ones.) Try to browse key POST and download fonts that explicitly
say they work with POST.
Alternatively, there are programs here that will convert fonts you might
get in another format.
What fonts DO you have?
That could be part of the problem. I am trying any font that is labeled as
postscript in the font libs. So far the only font on CI$ that works is the
font that comes with POST. Every other font loads as an error.
How can I get POST to use any other font, running a Prowrite document?
Does anyone know of a font here on CI$, that can be used (specific file and
location)?
Thanks for the help.
Paul
–pt–not seattle– 😉
If you are looking for Type 1 PD and shareware fonts, try the Desktop
Publishing forum. Go DTPFORUM. There are a lot of fonts for the IBM and
Mac there. Pagestream can use the IBM version, and there is a utility in
the one of the forums here to convert Mac Postscript fonts for use with
Pagestream.
– Well Whap! Me Silly….
Joe:
With the street cost of the HP DeskJet now at around $399, I don't know how
you could go wrong. It would be perfect for non-postscript DTP
applications. You would have to spend about $1,000 more to get a laser
with enough memory to do the same thing. For me, it was worth the money for
the laser… but for most casual users… well, that's enough money saved
to go out and buy a FireCracker24 board AND a HamE!
– Whapp!ng from the North Coast Michael
Of course that is a good point, but I guess that I am asking more about
just HOW MUCH difference is there in the two? I saw the Deskjet when it
first came out and there wasn't much support for it from the Amiga world
and consequently it looked poor. The point is that the abilities of some
of the DTP programs in support of DM printers has become nothing short of
spectacular ( relatively speaking ), and I wonder if the support extends to
the deskjet?
Thanks for the reply. ** JOE **
Michael: on an unrelated subject, I think I've narrowed down that bug in
PageStream.. See messages 43785 and 43790 in "PageStream Blues."–would
appreciate your input on this seemingly bizarre bug. Lugubrious Lee in
Lackluster Largo, Florida—–
I use a Deskjet and am pleased with it's performance. It produces high
quality output from PPage, PageStream, FinalCopy, and ProWrite through a
postscript interpreter (SaxonScript). The Deskjet will produce output
equivalent in quality to a laserjet, although the lasers are better because
inkjet technology on lower cost printers uses a liquid ink which slightly
wicks through the paper fibers before it dries. A laser won't do that, so
printed output will be sharper. If you qualify for educational purchasing
you can buy a Deskjet for around $370 new. The cheapest HP laser is $770
on educational purchase. If you do buy a laser, I'd suggest you get one
that can use a postscript cartridge because that will provide the quickest
and best postscript results. With a Deskjet the best you can do is to use
a postscript interpreter or buy DJHelper and use downloadable fonts.
Is the program SaxonScript available generally or is it something that
comes with Saxon Publisher? I have seen a few references to DJhelper…
does it allow you to productively use the DJ or do things get really slow?
If it does allow you to use download PS fonts, then are they proprietary to
DJhelper or can you use any PS fonts that normally work with the DTP
packages?
Thanks for the info. ** JOE **
SaxonScript is generally available and retails for $120 I believe. (I think
that's US$, not Can$.)
Mike SL Tech
Thanks for the info… BTW I believe that SL has a new driver available for
the regular DJ.. what is the file called?
Thanks ** JOE **
We have a new DeskJet driver? I don't think I've seen one in a few months,
and I know I haven't uploaded anything here. Maybe I missed something and
somebody else uploaded something somewhere tho.
We are working on the DJ color driver. I believe we uploaded a beta driver
to our BBS for people to test. (It doesn't do much yet so hold your
horses.)
Mike SL Tech
I have been on your board and I saw a message asking what the problem was
about the new driver.. it has been d/led a number of times and no comments
were forthcoming.. I dunno.. I couldn't find it either.
Whatever it was, don't worry about it. If there's a new DJ driver, it'll be
on your 2.2 update disk which you will get pretty soon.
Mike SL Tech
Thats pretty soon as in RSN? I hope the words that I have been reading
about the speed being increased in 2.2 are correct. I like the product, but
you do have a little wait time every time the screen has to be redrawn. I
assist my friend who makes his living with his Amiga and DTP software. He
is using ProPage and was (is) interested in PageStream, but is put off by
the obvious slowness of the software. He really likes some of the features
of PgS though!
{_PageStream 2.2 text display speeds are MUCH faster. In the order of
hundreds }iof percent faster.
}iNow I have your attention! 🙂 {_ }iMike Soft-Logik Tech Support
Yeah, you have my attention…. I hope it is the truth. I really like a lot
of the things that PageStream does over ProPage2.1 ( I have both), but the
speed is one thing that I definitely don't like. I remember seeing you guys
at Los Angeles in the first big Amiga show there long ago. I questioned the
fellows carefully at that time about the promises that they were making….
they swore that it was to be so! Well, more than a few years have passed
and your ARE getting there! ** JOE **
Joe, I see others have heaped enough praise on the DJ to satisfy almost
anyone, so I'll discuss the DJHelper program. I have the DJ500 and use
DJHelper all the time.
DJHelper is a commercial printer controller program (sort of
super-preferences) and enhanced DJ printer driver. You can use the driver
by itselt (just select from preferences) and you're on your way. Only
difference you'd see is better support – ie cleaner graphics, etc.
The DJHelper program is actually four 'preferences' type screens.
1) a regular page layout. Set margins, orientation, perf skip, text scale,
line wrap, bi-uni directional printing, etc….
2) a font screen, wherein you can select which font/style/pitch/point size
to print in. For instance, you may have a font cartridge or two installed;
this will allow you to access those fonts easily.
3) graphics control screen, which allows specifying the way colors are
translated to gray scale, adjust graphics offsets (for precise
positioning), adjust the band size to print each time, etc.
4) a xmit screen, which can be used to automatically download either
individual or whole sets of fonts to your printer (if you have a memory
cartridge installed, that is). It also allows you to edit the actual
control sequences that PRT and the printer use. I use it almost always for
downloading disk-based fonts to my memory cartridge.
You may save various config files, which you can then use to immediately
use to reconfigure the printer immediately. Neat.
All around easily the best printer control program I've ever seen, on any
printer. Really lets you use the capabilities of the DJ to the fullest. It
works with any DJ, but really shines with the DJ500, where it can take
advantage of the compression routines for quick text and graphics printing.
BTW, I really like the output of the DJ too! I have used it to publish a
(amateur) newsletter. Only criticism I'd have with it is that the graphics
aren't as clear as I'd like for image printing in newsletters…
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Most PS laser output I've seen is MUCH better… I suspect because you can
print graphics with 'screen angles' and such that way? Really don't know,
but PS laser output does look better, particularly on graphics. If that's
a main concern, then try out the DJ before you buy to make sure you can
live with it. Good luck.
–jp–seattle–
That will help a great deal… I have just gotten an oportunity to try one
out for myself. It is one of the earlier models, but it should give me some
answers.
Sounds like DJHelper is an excellent asset to have!
Thanks ** JOE **
The earlier models of the DJ are just fine too. Main differnce is that
they are slower at paper handling, don't have as many options for
'compressing' print data as more advanced ones do, and don't have the
option for large text automatically. But the general print quality is
about the same, and still are great bargains! Good luck.
–jp–seattle–
I have borrowed an earlier model and it turns out a very good print
quality. The compressing of the files is an interesting feature. I found a
file called fastjet.lzh and it compresses the output of PgStream and makes
the print time a lot shorter.. too bad such compression isn't incorporated
into the DJ driver by PageStream. For example.. I sent one of my DTP files
to disk and it was right at 2.5 megs in size. I ran Fastjet over it and it
wound up at about 700,000 bytes instead. It shortens print time a lot by
effectively killing the white space that the DJ handles so slowly normally.
The guy that wrote it used the output through PIPE: to allow him to keep
Fastjet online and running all the time he was in session to shorten the
various printouts that he required during his normal DTP routine. I have
used it both ways ( constantly online through PIPE: and output to file then
print through Fastjet. It works well. Are you aware of any other such
programs that work that way?
Yeah, FastJet! What a great program. Every DJ owner should have it. When
I print my resume I just save to disk, and then use FastJet to send the
file to the DJ. That way I can print 10 copies of it pronto, without PgS
having to create a page each time. It must cut printing time by a factor
of 2 or more, even when you just want to print one copy. If you want
multiple copies, it's the only way to go! Great program!
You should realize that you can use FastJet with progs other than PgS too!
Say you want to print a pic from DPaint, ok? Well, first use CMD to
redirect your par port to a disk file. ie.
CMD parallel ram:printpic
Then just print your pic via DPaint. Just like normal, except that the
output will be sent to the ram file rather than to the printer. Be sure to
have the 'Eject Page' gadget ON, so that later each pic will be on a
seperate page!
After done, just print the 'ram:printpic' file to the DJ using FastJet.
Ultra fast printing of pics! Spits out pictures in a few seconds, and if
you want to make multiple copies it's a snap! Beats the heck out of the
normal DJ drivers in terms of speed!
You will find CMD in your TOOLS dir in WB20; I think SYSTEM in 1.3? It
saves the text file *after* it has been processed by the Printer Device, so
you can use ANY DRIVER. Neat.
It would be nice if compression was automatically incorporated into the
driver (both prefs and PgS), but at least FastJet lets us have it both
ways.
–jp–seattle–
Thanks for the tip on CMD! I never used that but it sounds as if I need to
get an acquaintance going. I will check it out and see for myself.
Fastjet is a great time saver. It does cut the printer time by about 46% or
so. If the compression were built into the programs, the spped savings
would be greater than that though I would guess. No waiting.. just go!
** JOE **
I never measured it, but 46% speedup sounds about right. Of course that is
just for your 1st page. If you're printing multiple pages then the savings
are multiplied incredibly, of course. ie. Say I wanted to print 10 copies
of a 4 page brochure from PageStream. That means that PgS must 'create' 40
pages; rather time consuming! But with FastJet you just create it once
(ie. 4 pages), and then FastJet it to the DJ ten times. You avoid the other
36 page creates that PgS must do, in addition to the compression advantage.
I know, I could copy it 10 times…. let's face it though: I don't have a
copier around the house, and there are times I want folks to have the
ORIGINALS, cause copies just don't look as good.
Check our CMD. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!
–jp–seattle–
John,
FWIW, when I need multiple copies of something I put it in a PostScript
file and get it outputed on a 600×600 printer at 50 cents a page. The
photocopies from those pages look like 300 dpi originals. Keep it in mind
for when you need 100 copies. 🙂
Malcolm
I haven't a real need at this point for multiple copies but it sounds as if
that would be an improvement over PgS!
I am trying to use Post1.6 and I have it outputting at last. Had to go into
Preferences and set up my Graphic2 to get the thing to work.. but it seems
much slower than even PgS! Are you a user? If so what speed are you seeing?
Joe,
SaxonScript is sold as a separate product. DJhelper is a complete
printer driver and control software for the Deskjet. You can download any
compatible fonts and you can purchase a bunch of font disks from the
developer of DJHelper. You can set up complete sets of fonts to download
and once done they are available to the printer as if they were built-in,
so it doesn't really slow anything down. However, you do need to do some
configuration to change some of the printer commands so that when found in
a file they invoke the font you want. DJHelper has the editor as part of
the software. You can do some pretty fancy things. However, SaxonScript
may be an easier route to take. It comes with the 35 standard postscript
fonts. Under 2.0 you can use the standard postscript fonts which you can
buy from GoldDisk and install under 2.0 so your wordprocessor has access to
them or they can be used directly in ProPage and PageStream. SaxonScript
sets up a device, PSC:. You can simply print to PSC: and voila, you have
postscript output. SaxonScript is very fast and the output is excellent.
I have only found one minor problem thus far, with FinalCopy, which
produces a postscript command which SaxonScript doesn't like. SoftWood
says it's a problem with SaxonScript, although the same file printed
through ProWrite or Excellence works fine, so I'm not fully convinced the
problem isn't with FinalCopy. However, FinalCopy has its own proprietary
outline fonts which can be used to produce superb output directly without
having to use the postscript interpreter.
Thanks Steve. I am getting a lot of good advice on both SaxonScript and
DJHe lper. Sure is nice to be able to ask these questions and get good
quality replies overnight! Try that with some tech support lines sometime!
I think that I will be getting a DJ from the looks of things at this
point… with DJHelper or Saxon Script or both.
Thanks again! ** JOE **
Joe,
I find DJHelper to be an excellent driver for the Deskjet. You can
do a lot of sophisticated things with it, probably far more than you'll
ever need! With SaxonScript you can make full use of the standard
postscript fonts. I bought the standard font package from Gold Disk with
the standard postscript fonts found in the Apple Laserwriter. Since
SaxonScript provides support for those 35 fonts you basically have the full
capability of the laserwriter. The Deskjet will provide equivalent quality
output when set to 300 dpi resolution. SaxonScript uses the normal printer
driver for setting the printer's resolution, so you can pull up the 2.0
printer preference tool and set the resolution to whatever you want, then
print your postscript output. I use ProWrite 3.2 which produces postscript
output without any additional effort. You can then print from within
ProWrite directly by doing postscript print to file and designating the
file as PSC:. SaxonScript prints pretty fast, so you get good quality
output at reasonable speed, although the Deskjet isn't nearly as fast as a
laserwriter.
Steven: have you used SaxonScript with PageStream to print directly from
PgS to SxS? (You could put PSC: in the device text gadget in Configure
Printer.) Has anybody else tried this?
Mike Soft-Logik
Mike: that's a good question… that would effectively give PgS a
postscript interpreter… interesting… I hope someone try's it and
reports back here!
– Whapp!ng from the North Coast Michael
Mike,
No, I haven't tried that with PageStream, but I have with ProWrite
and it works fine. I have no reason to believe it wouldn't work with PgS.
PgS permits a postscript print to a file, so you should be able to simply
give the filename as PSC: and print it out directly. This works with
ProWrite 3.2.
You said that SaxonScript requires that its fonts be converted? You mean
for ones supposedly resident in the printer? I assume all other
downloadables would work fine without conversion.
Mike Soft-Logik Tech
Mike,
No, you misunderstood. SxS comes with a set of fonts which are the
matches to the 35 fonts usually found resident in the Apple Laserwriter and
which correspond to the 35 outline fonts by AGFA which you can buy from
Gold Disk. If you have OTHER .psfont files or PC format Adobe Type 1 or 3
postscript fonts, then you need to run them thru the conversion program to
generate a SxS compatible font file which is used by SxS, not by your
wordprocessor or DTP program. So, if I have my AGFA outline fonts in the
CGFONTS: directory and have set that directory in PgS as an active font
directory thru fontmanager, then create a PgS file using those outline
fonts, I can then output the resulting PgS file as a postscript file (or
simply print to the PSC: device) and SxS will produce the printed result on
my Deskjet printer. To use, let us say, an Adobe font, like Toulouse, then
I must first take the Toulouse.PFB file (if it's in PC format) or the
psfont file (if it's in raw postscript) and run that thru the SxS
conversion program to generate a .sxf file which SxS will now use when that
font is used by a PgS document (the PgS document would use the .PFB font
file). Have I explained this clearly, now?
What happens if you use a Type 1 font in your PgS doc, print it to disk (so
that the font is included in the download) and run it through SxS?
Shouldn't the dloaded font be good enough? PgS is not going to call for an
internal printer font because it included it in the dload. I can see SxS
needing equivalents for internal printer fonts (like my printer has
Garamond in it, so I'd have to make a SxS Garamond file), but if I dload
Helvetica Black in my SxS file in Type 1 format, surely SxS can handle
that?
Oh, I just read the rest of your message. But how will that work with PgS?
If you use Toulouse in PgS, it's going to dload it automatically. What will
SxS do with the dloaded font?
Maybe I should call up Saxon and find out about this.
Mike
I have PPAGE 2.0 and PageStream 2.1 and I have been using a borrowed
Deskjet ( the old version) and it seems to do very well through both
softwares. I am in the process of trying to buy a Deskjet 500, but it seems
that HP under estimated the demand for the printer with the much more attra
ctive price… so there are shortages. I feel that I will be getting
DJhelper, although I have not seen it in any of the Amiga World
advertisements. I did find Saxon Script though. I am very happy with the
DTP output from the DJ and if Saxon Script makes it even better then I will
be a happy puppy indeed! Thanks for the info.
Steven:
When you say that it can use standard PS fonts like the ones from Gold
Disk, do you mean that if it finds .metric files in your FONTS: directory
that it then will look in the CGFONTS:PS/ directory for the .psfont files?
I have LOTS of psfonts in my CGFONTS:PS/ & PSFONTS: directories (setup that
way for use with both PPage, and Post) that I would have to be able to use
with Saxonscript if I'm to buy it.
-Mike Schiller
In sunny Fort Lauderdale
Mike,
Well, not quite. You create your document in any wordprocessor or
DTP program which will create a postscript output file. If the
wordprocessor can access the fonts in CGFONTS:, such as the 35 fonts that
Gold Disk sells on separate disks, or if you can access .psfont files in
your wordprocessor or DTP program and create a postscript output file, then
SaxonScript will interpret that postscript file. SaxonScript comes with
its own set of outline postscript fonts which conform to the standard 35
fonts found in any postscript laser printer. It has font conversion
programs which allow you to take a postscript font file (.psfont) or an
Adobe Type 1 or 3 font file and convert it to a SaxonScript compatible font
file. That way you can use the font in the document creation and
SaxonScript will also be able to reproduce it in the interpreter. The font
conversion program will also create bitmap font files which can be used by
standard Amiga programs, although I don't know why would necessarily bother
with that. Gold Disk also supplies a font conversion program with their 35
font collection which will convert outline fonts to .psfont files, which
SaxonScript can convert to SaxonScript font files. Pretty convenient, all
around. I find that the standard 35 fonts used in laser printers to be
satisfactory for me, so I really haven't been much interested in the
conversions, tho I have tried them on a couple of Adobe Type 1 PC format
fonts and it works as advertised. Have I explained this adequately? I
hope so.
I'm in late with this thread – Saxonscript is a soft Postscript interpreter
that allows you to print a Postscript file on a non-postscript printer?
Does it work with postscript files created on other computers (I presume it
would)? How long is long to print on the Deskjet? Do you also need DJ
Helper or is that for non-Postscript output?
Margaret,
To your first question, Yes. SaxonScript is a software postscript
interpreter. It should work with any postscript file, I certainly cannot
think of any reason why it shouldn't. It claims to fully support the
entire postscript language including color support. It will print to the
Deskjet at the fastest speed the Deskjet can produce graphic output at 300
dpi (faster at lower resolutions). I haven't timed anything, but in
general graphic text output on the DJ seems to go along at about 20 to 30
seconds per page at full resolution (regardless of what the graphic text
is. That is for a straight dump.) Those timing approximations are based
on a .dvi dump from AmigaTex. You don't need any special printer driver
other than one which works on the DJ. I happen to use DJHelper, but any
Amiga printer driver for the DJ will work.
Thanks for your explanation. How much is Saxonscript to buy?
Margaret,
I bought it thru my local dealer for $109. That's about 20% off
list price, so if you find it thru mail order you can probably shave
another 20%. I think it's well worth it considering that it is a full
postscript interpreter, is devilishly easy to use.
Sounds good to me, probably get it after I get the Deskjet.
Steven:
So what you're saying is that in order to use Saxonscript with my existing
fonts, I'd have to run each of them thru their conversion program? my
cgfonts:ps directory currently weighs in at 7megs, the thought of
duplicating that is horible. Are the fonts created by their program
compressed any?
-Mike Schiller
In sunny Fort Lauderdale
Mike,
You wouldn't need to do that if you are using the standard AGFA
outline fonts. You would need to do that if you were using other
postscript fonts. SaxonScript comes with the 35 standard outline fonts used
in the Apple laserwriter. However, if you have other postscript fonts,
such as ClassicaRoman or Toulouse, for instance, then you need to run them
thru the conversion program. It seems rather unlikely that you would
regularly use all 7 megs worth of fonts, so you could convert only those
that you normally use. If you have the standard AGFA outline fonts
(AvantGarde, Bookman, Times, Triumphirate, Symbol, Courier, Palacio,
ZapfChancery, ZapfDingbats, and Schoolbook) then you wouldn't need to
convert those. Their fonts are not compressed. The conversion program can
read a font in postscript (.psfont), Adobe PC format (.PFB).
Steven:
Oh well, I guess I'll have to pass this program. While I don't use all 7
megs all the time, I do use several of the often enough that I wouldn't
want to have to convert them. I use POST as a screen previewer, as I
already have a PS laser printer, I was hoping that I'd be able to use
SaxonScript as a print previewer, as it would be quicker to print a page to
my DJ with Saxonscript than starting the laserprinter, downloading whatever
fonts are needed, then printing the file to the laser. Thanks for all the
info though.
-Mike Schiller
In sunny Fort Lauderdale
Mike,
Well, I don't see why if you went to the trouble to convert fonts
to
psfont format for Post that you might not want to do the same for SxS. It
has a preview mode. You can print to PSC:prev and it will print to the
screen. The screen view has a Print gadget, so if you are satisfied with
the page you can just go ahead and print it. Having tried numerous times
unsuccessfully to get Post installed and working, I find SxS a welcome
substitute. Post is too complicated to get working, and is poorly
documented. It provides no means of converting fonts to a form it
recognizes and is a bear to get installed. I have yet to get a postscript
file to work. After about six attempts at getting it installed, I finally
was able to get a screen preview of a page, but it wouldn't print.
Furthermore, to use Post I would have to find all those Adobe fonts,
whereas SxS has the standard laser fonts already there and they are fully
compatible with my AGFA CG outline fonts.
Steven–
You don't have to do anything to the fonts for Post to use them, except
re-name them to their proper Postscript fontnames. That's all I did, at
any rate, and they work fine.
Jonathan
– via Whap!
Steven:
Well, I didn't really convert the fonts to .psfonts for POST, but rather
for PPage & ProWrite. The format they're in is usable by PPage, POST, &
ProWrite the three programs that I use the most. For the same reason I
don't use PgS either, as I WILL NOT have separate font directories for use
by a single program! The only program that I have that needs it's own fonts
is Final Copy, and that's only because it was a gift. I don't see why
SaxonScript can't be made to understand the normal .psfont format, it would
be much more usable that way.
-Mike Schiller
In sunny Fort Lauderdale
I've never has a Pagestream font fail to work with my Laser Jet…. So I
don't know what problem your friend was having. Pagestream sends out the
page as agraphic image to your prnter, at it's highest possible resolution.
So if something wasn't working, it sounds like there may have been a memory
shortage at the printer end. I've even imported some PC postscript fonts
into Pagestream, and printed them out to the printer in a non-postscript
mode, and had them work fine.
– Well Whap! Me Silly….