wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand) (05/24/90)
In article <28740008@hprmokg.HP.COM> alh@hprmokg.HP.COM (Al Harrington) says: > >The only one which will give reasonable results on a 9-pin is > ^^^^^^^^ > PageStream 1.8 does a good job on 9-pin printers. It's a great DTP > program for any printer (especially a LaserJet II). > > --- > Al Harrington > ARPA: alh@hprmo.HP.COM > UUCP: ..{hplabs,hp-sde}!hprmo!alh > > ** My comments do not reflect the views of my employer ** I'd recommend Professional Page 1.3. The output quality of the CG Fonts is better than that of the PageStream Fonts. Besides, the program crashes less and is overall more professional. There are also excellent templates available. I can't wait to get ProPage 2.0. -- ------------------------------------ Chris Brand - wizard@sosaria.imp.com "Justice is the possession and doing of what one is entitled to" - Platon ------------------------------------
blatter@ifi.unizh.ch (Martin Blatter) (05/28/90)
In article <4178.AA4178@sosaria> wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand) writes: >In article <28740008@hprmokg.HP.COM> alh@hprmokg.HP.COM (Al Harrington) says: >> >The only one which will give reasonable results on a 9-pin is >> ^^^^^^^^ >> PageStream 1.8 does a good job on 9-pin printers. It's a great DTP >> program for any printer (especially a LaserJet II). >> >> --- >> Al Harrington > >I'd recommend Professional Page 1.3. The output quality of the CG Fonts is >better than that of the PageStream Fonts. Besides, the program crashes >less and is overall more professional. There are also excellent templates >available. I can't wait to get ProPage 2.0. > I don't like Professional Page 1.3 because it isn't reliable at all. 1. It doesen't print characters in large point sizes correctly 2. Sometimes it's unable to read the files it created. 3. It's painfully slow, especially with CG fonts. 4. It uses a lot of Harddisk space for font cache 5. It can't be customized on how much RAM to use for cache. 6. It prints much slower than PageStream 1.8 PageStream 1.8 is much easier to use than ProPage and offers more features. It also has the option to show facing pages (a feature that will be available on ProPage 2.0 [I've tried the alpha version]). PageStream also consumes less (esp. chip-) memory which is useful for 1meg machines. (It's a real pain to use ProPage on a 1 meg Amiga) (I own both programs) >------------------------------------ >Chris Brand - wizard@sosaria.imp.com >"Justice is the possession and doing >of what one is entitled to" - Platon >------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- /// Martin A. Blatter /// University of Zurich, department of Computer Science /// Switzerland (Europe) \\\/// E-Mail: blatter@ifi.unizh.ch \XX/ ---------------------------- "A day without sunshine is like night" "There's a light where the darkness ends" (Taupin) -------------------------------------------------------------------------