sears@SUN.COM (Daniel Sears) (10/16/87)
I have recently received a copy of Adobe's "PostScript Developer's Kit". It contains specifications for Encapsulated PostScript, the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions (version 2.0), and the Adobe Font Metrics file. In addition, it includes a very informative case study of optimizing a PostScript header and a one-page list of important things to remember when designing a PostScript driver for an application. The kit is free for the asking from Adobe Systems Technical Support. Their number is (415) 961-4400.
jhenry@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (Jim Henry) (10/31/87)
I just called Adobe to get the PostScript Developer's Kit. To get this kit you must write them a letter stating what application you intend to develop. Address the request to Adobe Systems 1585 Charleston Road P.O. Box 7900 Mountain View, CA 94039-7900 Attn: Ivar Michaelsons
roy%phri@UUNET.UU.NET (Roy Smith) (11/14/87)
In <8711121753.AA08247@brillig.umd.edu> jhenry@rand-unix.ARPA (Jim Henry): > I just called Adobe to get the PostScript Developer's Kit. To get this kit > you must write them a letter stating what application you intend to develop. I just sent email to adobe!postmaster expressing my desire to get the kit and asking that my request be forwarded to the right person in the company to handle it (postmaster: the ultimate smart mail router). A week later, it came with the morning mail. The kit, BTW, is chock full of information of interest to anybody who cares about postscript. It includes a case study of how, with what appears to be a couple of person-months of effort devoted to software tuning, the effective print speed of the PostScript output of a well known word processing program was increased from about 10 ppm to about 30 ppm (on a printer capable of such speeds). This should put to rest the notion that PostScript printers are inherently slow. -- Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016