jdn@homxc.UUCP (J.NAGY) (12/09/87)
Some time ago, Atari announced a laser printer, but I haven't
seen any talk about the printer or software for Desktop Publishing
in the ST newsgroup recently.
1. Does a laser printer exist? Can I easily buy one?
2. Does Desktop Publishing software for the ST exist?
How do these products (if they exist) compare with Desktop Publishing
on the Amiga and Mac? Any input on the various laser printers available,
your personal experiences with the printers and software, caveats,
recommendations, etc. is very mcuh appreciated.
Thanks,
Jonathan Nagy
{ihnp4|allegra|mtune}!homxc!jdn
(201) 615-4349870646c@aucs.UUCP (barry comer) (12/11/87)
There is indeed Desktop Publishing software out for the ST, it compares very well against the MAC, and the sort. The "Publishing Partner" and "Fleet Street" programs are full blown publishing programs, I gave a demo of the "Publishing Partner" to local printing shops last summer and they were impressed. If I can be of anymore help let me know Later Barry
neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) (12/12/87)
In article <2420@homxc.UUCP>, jdn@homxc.UUCP (J.NAGY) writes: > > 1. Does a laser printer exist? Can I easily buy one? Yes it does exist, but only a few have shipped to dealers in the USA. Which makes it not so easy to buy one at this moment. We are optimistic that a better supply situation will exist shortly. > 2. Does Desktop Publishing software for the ST exist? Yes, there are several titles now and more coming. Right now the favorite seems to be Publishing Partner from Softlogik. The latest revision (1.3) of this one supports the Atari laser, as well as dot- matrix printers and Postscript. Easy Draw 2.0 is also popular, and it uses GDOS which makes Atari laser printer support automatic. Fleet Street Publisher is also available, and they tell me the next rev (due at any moment) also supports the Atari laser printer. On the way are Deskset, a typesetting package from G.O. Graphics and being sold by Atari; Publishing Partner 2.0 with some great improvements and speedups; and a full-featured DTP package from Migraph (the Easy Draw folks); but not, so it now seems, Ready Set Go, which is not going. -- --->Neil Harris, Director of Marketing Communications, Atari Corporation UUCP: ...{hoptoad, lll-lcc, pyramid, imagen, sun}!atari!neil GEnie: NHARRIS/ WELL: neil / BIX: neilharris / Delphi: NEILHARRIS CIS: 70007,1135 / Atari BBS 408-745-5308 / Usually the OFFICIAL Atari opinion
trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) (12/13/87)
In article <2420@homxc.UUCP> jdn@homxc.UUCP (J.NAGY) writes: > 1. Does a laser printer exist? Can I easily buy one? Yes. No. I saw and touched the laser printer out at Comdex, but have yet to see them for sale locally. It is also available from other companies for the IBM PC, so I would imagine the delays are more supply/demand related than vaporware related. > 2. Does Desktop Publishing software for the ST exist? Yes. I saw several packages at the show. Publishing Partner 2.0 looked very nice (much changed from the first few versions that hit the street). For those with more expensive tastes, the 'preferred' package that Atari seemed to push was a package from a company whose name started with G.O. (sorry, my Comdex literature is all packed up for the next Atari Meeting...pretty ragged from the first one...so the names escape me). That package was expensive, but very complete. It appeared to have all the functionality of the BIG packages on the PC and MAC (in fact it is offered on the PC). Even lino-type support. -Todd Burkey trb@stag.UUCP
c60a-2ae@web3e.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (John Kawakami -O^O-,Dorm,1234567,7654321) (12/15/87)
_The Graphic Artist_ by PGA is also applicable to DP, although it seems to be better at illustrations. A tad complex, but very advanced. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ John Kawakami c60a-2ae@widow.berkeley.edu -0~0- Can't go left in General Pinochet's Cadillac.... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
george@sequent.UUCP (George Emery) (04/01/89)
I've developed a fondness for 8.5 by 11 folded and center stapled when publishing short documents. So, do any of the ST desktop publishing programs support printing of this format? That is, do they rotate the text 90 degrees and paginate it properly for direct photocopying? George Emery ...!tektronix!sequent!crg3!george (503) 257-9731 (voice, home)
kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher) (04/02/89)
In article <13651@sequent.UUCP> george@crg3.UUCP (George Emery) writes: |I've developed a fondness for 8.5 by 11 folded and center stapled |[...] Manual Maker by Craig Daymon should be just the ticket for you. It creates manuals in an 8.5 x 11 fold-over format, and it uses GDOS for output, so you can set your manual in whatever GDOS fonts you have available. The only catch is that you have to have GDOS to use it. Manual Maker is a shareware program, and doesn't come with GDOS, fonts or drivers. It is available on GEnie, or I imagine you could get it directly from the author: Craig W. Daymon 33 Chestnut Valley Drive Doylestown, PA 19801-2216 He requests a $15 contribution, $5 of which goes to the American Diabetes Association. -- Ken Badertscher | #include <disclaimer> Atari R&D | No pith, just a path: Software Engine | {portal,ames,imagen}!atari!kbad
covertr@gtephx.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) (04/04/89)
In article <13651@sequent.UUCP>, george@sequent.UUCP (George Emery) writes: > I've developed a fondness for 8.5 by 11 folded and center stapled > when publishing short documents. So, do any of the ST desktop > publishing programs support printing of this format? That is, do > they rotate the text 90 degrees and paginate it properly for direct > photocopying? Yes, there is a fine SHAREWARE program called Manual Maker, version 2.20. You can get it from the GEnie computer service. I have used it for several months with my Mega ST4/SLM804 and it produces great half sized manuals. MM2 is a GDOS print program with on-screen print preview and a host of print formatting commands (like bold, italic, underscore). Right now it requires a flat ASCII file for input, but I us MS WRITE (being GDOS based itself) to edit using the same fonts that MM2 uses to print. That way I can view the file while I am editing using the same GDOS fonts. I will upload another message with moredetails such as the address to write to get MM. I sent Craig Daymon a check for $15. BTW, Craig sends in $5 from every contribution to the American Diabetes Assocition. All in all, a fanastic program from a great author, Craig Daymon. Richard Covert