bulli@nadia.stgt.sub.org (Thomas Bullinger) (11/06/90)
After getting some infos to the subject mentioned above I summarize it up: >I have used GoScript for such purposes - at swap-meets and computer >shows, I have seen it for under $80 with 14 fonts...works great on >an Epson (though I use it at home on my DeskJET). There is a new >version that supports only *one* specific printer - you pick the one. >If you are using MS Windows, check out UltraScript, as it intercepts >the PS code, filters it and outputs printerspecific data streams. >-- >+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >| Carlo Milono | >| Personal: netcom!cmilono@apple.com or apple!netcom!cmilono | >|"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere | >| in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." B.Watterson | >+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >GhostScript 2.0 supports the Espon printer. If you need help obtaining this >I can mail the code to you. > >You should be able to ftp it from uunet.uu.net or prep.ai.mit.edu in the >GNU directory. > >Hope this helps. > >- Michael > >--- >Michael R. Almond mra@srchtec.uucp (registered) >search technology, inc. emory!stiatl!srchtec!mra >Atlanta, Georgia (404) 441-1457 (office) >.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. Georgia Tech Alumnus .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. A friend of mine now bought the package PostMagic from a German share- ware vendor. It comes with the following parts of documentation: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostScript Magic 1.02 copyright 1990 All Rights Reserved Advantage Computer PO Box 524 Fremont, CA 94537 April 22, 1990 ... SUPPORT NOTICE If you have any questions or problems using PostScript Magic we encourage you to contact us. But first... 1. Be sure that your computer system meets the minimum requirements as listed in the manual. 2. If you have a problem, check your manual. Often the answer can be found there. 3. If you need to contact a technical support person write to: Advantage Computer PO Box 524 Fremont, CA 94537 NOTICE FOR SHAREWARE VERSION You may use this program for 30 days with no obligation. If you like this program and continue to use it beyond a 30 day trial period we do expect you to pay a registration fee of $39. This will entitle you to the most recent upgrade of the program, support, and notices of future upgrades. Without a valid registration number, we will be unable to offer you support. For an additional DM 99 (DM 198 total) you will receive the extra 22 fonts that normally come with the Apple Laserwriter Plus. These include the typeface families of Helvetica Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Avant-Garde, Palatino, Bookman, Zapf Chancery and Zapf Dingbats. The DM 198.- registration fee provides a printed manual. The manual displays typeface charts including special information on accessing Symbol and Zapf Dingbat characters. All orders MUST be accompanied by a shipping charge of DM 6.-. Auslands NN DM 16.-. To place your order send a check or money order made payable to Computer Solutions Software GmbH. IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; :(C)omputer (S)olutions Software (L)ibrary (TM) {Entscheidung fr die Profis. : GDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD6 : Postfach 1180 y D-8018 Grafing/Mnchen y Telefon 08092/5018 Zentrale : : Fax 08092/31727 y BTX 080925018 y E-MAIL: CompuServe EasyPlex 76234,3577 : GDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD6 :Seien Sie fair und untersttzen Sie Sharewareautoren durch Ihre Registration!: HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< Please allow three weeks for delivery. Introduction PostScript Magic is a valuable tool that lets you achieve the power and elegance of PostScript printing on your non-PostScript Laser, Ink-jet or dot matrix printer. Most leading word processors, graphics and desktop publishing programs available for the IBM PC will create PostScript language print files. PostScript Magic produces publication quality output from these print files. ... What is PostScript Magic PostScript Magic is a PostScript language interpreter. It is 100% compatible with PostScript ROM version 47.0A as installed on a standard Apple LaserWriter Plus. The benefit of a software based PostScript interpreter is two-fold. You can take advantage of it on any printer connected to your computer. And as the PostScript language adds new operators, a software upgrade is much less costly than a hardware upgrade. PostScript Magic is the easiest and least expensive method for adding high quality fonts to your printer. You can print all thirty-five fonts at any point size or spatial orientation. PostScript Magic fonts do not need to be downloaded. No extra memory is required by your printer (though laser printers generally require at least 1 MB of memory to print a full-page of 300 dpi graphics). Select a font within your application then print with PostScript Magic. Your document will print with the font you selected. Using add on fonts couldn't be any easier. You can use PostScript Magic to typeset documents, produce logos, print letters and other business forms. A dot-matrix printer produces much better looking output from PostScript files than it ever did with bit-mapped printouts. You can also use PostScript Magic as a tool for proofing documents that will be typeset through a service bureau. Draft copies produced on a dot-matrix printer with PostScript Magic serve as accurate representations of the final output achieved by a Linotronic typesetter. The resolution will be lower on the draft copy but the positioning of the elements on the page will be the same for both copies. This is the advantage gained by using a page description language. Without the unifying standard of PostScript, two different printers would likely generate very disimiliar copies of the same file. PostScript Magic Features PostScript Magic (fully registered) includes thirty-five scalable, outline fonts. These include: Courier, Helvetica, Palatino, Avant-Garde, Bookman, Helvetica Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Times, Symbol, Zapf Chancery, and Zapf Dingbats. You will find all of these fonts to be of the highest quality and all are width-compatible with those of the Apple LaserWriter Plus. PostScript Magic can unleash the full potential of any program that prints to PostScript printers. It will print the included typefaces in any point size, in portrait or landscape orientation, rotated, outlined, scaled, skewed, layered or enhanced with other special effects. However, your application program may not be able to take advantage of all the fonts and font handling capabilities of PostScript Magic. PostScript Magic can not give your programs capabilities they do not have. In addition to text, PostScript Magic gives you full control over graphic elements. You now have access to the high-quality clip art stored in EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format. PostScript program files can also produce stunning graphics. PostScript images are much sharper and true to their shapes than ordinary bit-map images. In PostScript a curve is round and a diagonal line is smooth. PostScript Magic is fast. While PostScript gains its power through complex computations the graphic algorithms in this program have been highly optimized for speed. In addition, PostScript Magic incorporates highly sophisticated memory management features such as protected mode operation and dynamic memory paging. PostScript Magic supports Microsoft compatible mice. You don't have to stop using your mouse when you leave your graphics or page makeup program. Operating Requirements PostScript Magic runs in the Protected Mode of the Intel 80286/386 chip family. To run PostScript Magic, your PC or compatible must meet these minimum requirements: An IBM compatible system with either a 80286 or 80386 processor 640 K RAM (1MB is suggested minimum) 4 MB hard disk space PC/MS DOS version 3.1 or later A printer supported by PostScript Magic: Canon BJ-130 Epson FX Epson LX Epson LQ HP Deskjet HP Laserjet HP Laserjet IIP HP Paintjet IBM Graphics IBM Proprinter NEC Pinwriter Or a printer with one of these emulation modes: Epson FX Epson LX Epson LQ HP Laserjet (PCL) IBM Graphics IBM Proprinter NOTE We will make every effort to provide drivers for other printers when requested. ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------+ | Thomas Bullinger | thomas@serum.kodak.com | | | bulli@nadia.stgt.sub.org | | | 76535.2221@compuserve.com | +----------------------------------------------+