[comp.sys.atari.st] Deskjet, Pub Partner, Degas, Superbase 2

pritchaj@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (John Pritchard) (12/19/89)

Sorry if these had been asked, but I am new to the net...

	1) I just got Degas Elite, does anyone know where there is
	   an HP Deskjet print driver for it?
	2) I have an old version of Publising Partner, does anyone 
	   know where there is an HP Deskjet print driver for it?
	3) Are there PD fonts for GDOS out there? where?
	   If not, where is a good place to buy some?
	4) Anyone heard of an upgrade policy for Superbase 2 owners?
	5) Anyone had good/bad experiences with Computer Eyes or any
	   other digitizing via CamCorder?

I have access to the internet (ftp, etc.)
I will post results if people are interested.

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rcd@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (rana.c.dutt) (12/20/89)

In article <10062@thor.acc.stolaf.edu>, pritchaj@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (John Pritchard) writes:
> 	1) I just got Degas Elite, does anyone know where there is
> 	   an HP Deskjet print driver for it?

If you don't have one, get an account on GEnie . There you will find the
program DJ_DEGAS.TTP which will print all Degas file types to the Deskjet.
For resolution-independent printing that takes better advantage of the
Deskjet's 300 dpi resolution, however, I strongly suggest getting a GDOS
driver (such as Neocept's Turbojet). Then you can import those Degas pictures
into Timeworks DTP or other GDOS programs, and get better results. 

> 	2) I have an old version of Publising Partner, does anyone 
> 	   know where there is an HP Deskjet print driver for it?

You can pick up a Deskjet driver for Publishing Partner 1.03 from Softlogik's
BBS (314) 894-0057. 

> 	3) Are there PD fonts for GDOS out there? where?
> 	   If not, where is a good place to buy some?

Howard Chu recently converted a lot of Macintosh fonts to GDOS format.
You can FTP the set from archive sites, and probably find them on Genie as 
well. The Fontz program from Neocept comes with some good GDOS fonts,
as does Wordup and also Timeworks DTP. With Fontz, you can make your
own GDOS fonts, or modify existing ones.

> 	5) Anyone had good/bad experiences with Computer Eyes or any
> 	   other digitizing via CamCorder?

I just bought VIDI-ST. It captures and digitizes video images so fast
you are actually watching your movie in real time on the ST monitor.
It buffers up the video frames, so that when you freeze, you can choose
among any of the snapshots it has saved. On my 2.5 Meg 1040 ST, up to
65 frames can be buffered. It is not a true color digitizer, it captures
at 16 different shades, which you can then assign a color palette to. 
For true color, you can get Color ComputerEyes, but this one requires
a still image from your video source. The image capture takes 24 seconds
if you want a good quality image, and 6 seconds for the lower quality. 
Process the raw output file using Digispec, and you will get a Spectrum 512
format file that renders your image in true color.

Hope this helped,

Rana Dutt
rcd@mtqua.att.com