zavdi@dduck.ctt.bellcore.com (Zavdi Lichtman) (03/03/90)
This has been discussed before, but I did not save the info. Does ATM improve the Deskwriter printing ...? Thanks- zavdi -- Std Disclaim... zavdi@ctt.bellcore.com
tomd@cpl-mfh.UUCP (Tom Diakun ) (03/06/90)
Distribution: na Organization: Clinical Pharmacokinetics Lab, SUNY at Buffalo Lines: 54 *** *** In article <25F2D737.2118@paris.ics.uci.edu>, *** truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) writes: *** >From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) >Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac >Subject: Re: Deskwriter & ATM >Message-ID: <25F2D737.2118@paris.ics.uci.edu> >Date: 5 Mar 90 21:16:39 GMT >References: <20539@bellcore.bellcore.com> >Distribution: na >Lines: 14 > >zavdi@dduck.ctt.bellcore.com (Zavdi Lichtman) writes: > >>This has been discussed before, but I did not save the info. >>Does ATM improve the Deskwriter printing ...? > >Improve? > >If your DeskWriter output needs improving, you must not have installed >the fonts according to directions. > > --scott > >-- >Scott Truesdell ATM will allow you to print out text using the Adobe (not HP) fonts. I believe that these are the type one fonts. If you have access to the adobe fonts, there you would normally for a laserWriter. Make sure you have the screen fonts alled If your are using Word 4.0 you will notice that manym fonts, however, are not kerned properly. I don't know what the bug is, but it can look pretty awful. Take heart. There is a product called MacRIP. RIP stands for Raster Image Processor. This program interprets postscript code. If you choose the LaserWriter as your printer, you can set the output to a postscript file on dik. With the chooser, select the DeskWriter and launch MacRIP. It is unbelievably slow, but it will interpret the post script file and print to a quickdraw printer, i.e. the DeskWriter in full 300 dpi. The LaserWriter doesn't look any better. It Even prints Illustrator 88 files perfectly. Tom Diakun Buffalo, NY
truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) (03/06/90)
zavdi@dduck.ctt.bellcore.com (Zavdi Lichtman) writes: >This has been discussed before, but I did not save the info. >Does ATM improve the Deskwriter printing ...? Improve? If your DeskWriter output needs improving, you must not have installed the fonts according to directions. --scott -- Scott Truesdell
pay@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Geoffrey A. Pay) (03/07/90)
I read a while back about a patch to Adobe Type Manager that improves its print with MS Word 4.0. It has something to do with fractional widths. Can anyone tell me where I get a copy of this patch thru ftp? It doesn't seem to be on sumex or simtel. Thanks in advance.
ebert@arisia.Xerox.COM (Robert Ebert) (03/07/90)
In article <21383@netnews.upenn.edu> pay@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Geoffrey A. Pay) writes: >I read a while back about a patch to Adobe Type Manager that improves its print >with MS Word 4.0. It has something to do with fractional widths. Can anyone >tell me where I get a copy of this patch thru ftp? It doesn't seem to be on >sumex or simtel. Thanks in advance. There is no patch. If it looks like your document is kerned all wrong when using MSWord on the DeskWriter, you need to turn on Fractional Widths. It's in the Page Setup dialog for MSWord. (While you're there, check the default box so you don't have to turn it on every time...) (Alternately, you could be trying to use a bitmap font with bad fractional widths information... like my favorite bitmap font Madison, which no one seems to be able to repair... wah) This is probably documented in the MSWord manual and/or online help... I didn't look, but it's obvious you didn't either. The 'patch' you may be referring to is to allow MSWord to turn on Fractional Widths when printing to the Imagewriter. (Normally, Word disallows this...) This can improve to look of large text printed with ATM to the ImageWriter. DeskWriter owners don't need this patch, since MicroSoft didn't try to prevent us from using Fractional widths. --Bob