chuq@plaid.UUCP (06/08/87)
From: korn@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn) Date: Fri, 05 Jun 87 21:37:58 PDT > My department is interested in desktop publishing, however, we do not have > a MacIntosh/LaserWriter setup. Instead we have several IBM PCs and a HP > LaserJet. Questions: > > 1) Will a PC, LaserJet, Pagemaker system work? No. You will NEED at least a PC/AT class machine. Pagemaker will not run otherwise (so sayeth the box; I've not bothered testing it yet). Ventura will run on a stockPC, but I don't recommend it. Too slow. > 2) Does Pagemaker require EGA? No. But you'll want at least EGA (640x350) resolution. Better still to get one of the EGA+ boards (like the Video-7 Vega Delux board) which can give you resolution of up to 640x480 -or- 734x340 in 16 colors out of a 64 color palete on either the NEC MultiSync or Sony MultiSpeed monitors. > 3) Is a LaserJet adequate or will a upgrade to a LaserJet Plus be required? I couldn't say--I haven't had a chance to test it yet. If the LaserJet turns out to not be adequate, don't bother with the LJ-plus; go straight to either an Apple LaserWriter, or the new LaserJet/2. In another article, someone asks if EGA resolution is enough for Pagemaker. I'd say yes. Although if you can go to EGA+ (some call it SuperEGA; others claim [falsely] that it's PGA reoslution), I'd recommend spending the extra $$ for the greater resolution. In a previous article I said that PageMaker on a 10Mhz AT was very slow. I've since talked with Aldus, and straightened a few things out. PageMaker is very slow if it's not the only thing running under windows (ie if you had the DOS window running as well); but if not, speed isn't more than 20% slower than a Macintosh in general. Also there is a newer version of Pagemaker (version 1.0a) that uses the newer runtime verison of Windows which should help speed things up a bit more. Peter ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Now, where did my ex-wife put my Fairy Dust?
chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (06/23/87)
From: umix!itivax!chinet!ward@RUTGERS.EDU (ward)
Date: 22 Jun 87 02:52:09 GMT
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
I have been using PageMaker on my Stock PC with CGA for several weeks -
bought it on a money-back basis due to the "AT" requirement on the box-
but it is like a company saying you need such-and-such size car to pull
their trailer - something smaller may work but you may be sorry.
I'm not sorry - I'm having a blast. Sure, wish I had an AT, but don't
AVOID PageMaker just because you don't have an AT.
My real dilemma: while this is just a learning experience, and we are
supposedly going to get an IBM laser soon at work, I would LOVE to have
better output at home than supplied by my JX-80 (FX-80 compatible).
Heck, Fancy Font, NicePrint, and other packages do EXCELLENT high res
output on it, too bad the windows driver is a "single pass" type.
Any feedback on the best price performer short of a $2400 laser ($1700
LJ-II and $700 2M memory board)? How about the 24-pin printers?
P.S. there's an ALDUS sig on Compuserve - another excellent PageMaker
resource.
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