davek@hp-lsd.UUCP (04/15/87)
Regarding my earlier response to a request for converting Postscript to
Impress:
I am guilty of spreading misinformation on the net because of what I thought
I read, i.e. that Ventura would read in Postscript files and output to
Impress printers.
In reality, what the 1.1 features list says is: 1) Ventura will read
PostScript print files created by Ventura (presumably it might be able to
read PostScript files created by anything that used the same subset of
PostScript that Ventura implements); 2) Ventura will print to INTERPRESS 2.0
printers (NOT Impress printers). My sincere apologies to all for this
mistake.
Second issue -- apparently many have gotten the idea that Ventura is
strictly a "filter" (I hate that term as it isn't really appropriate
to the function performed). This is incorrect! Ventura Publisher is a
desktop publishing tool allowing page composition, text/graphics creation
and integration, etc. that runs on PCs and clones. My observation was
just based on the idea that you might be able to use the above features
of 1.1 to accomplish the task -- that is, if you could get your PostScript
file to a PC running Ventura you could then drive another printer description
language from that PC (translate -- it might work, try it and see).
If you want more information on Ventura Publisher, refer to the following:
1) Call your local Xerox rep. (Xerox has exclusive marketing rights
to Ventura Publisher).
2) Call your local PC shop, preferably one that specializes in DTP tools.
3) Refer to a recent "Seybold Report On Desktop Publishing" which had a
comprehensive test report on Ventura. (I don't have the issue at hand to
list the date -- it's somewhere in the black hole of departmental
circulation).
The second issue of Publish! magazine (published by PC world) also has a
test report on Ventura.
However -- please do not call me asking for info on Ventura (some already
have) unless you want to pay consulting fees :-). You may send e-mail but
I don't guarantee a response.
For those who are interested in acquiring desktop publishing tools, I highly
recommend looking at Ventura, esp. for structured documents such as manuals,
reports, etc.
Again, my apologies for the Impress<-->InterPress confusion ("I should have
known something was wrong when the phone started ringing." :-))
And always the caveat -- "The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily
those of my employer".
Dave Kumpf -- HP Logic Systems Division
Technical Publications
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