keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating) (03/12/91)
Craig Bennett (craig@locus.com) tells of Super Print, a font package he uses:
o "works great" with "non-postscript laser"
o "output is nearly as good as the Apple IINTX ... at work"
o "has a queue which you can use to replace Windows Print manager"
o "returns control to your app much sooner than [Windows Print Manager.]"
o "allows 'on the fly' text in Windows apps"
o "imports typefaces from ATM and Bitstream"
o "a bit more expensive than the other packages"
Sounds interesting! How do the fonts look on an ol' DMP? How much hard
disk space does it take up? What about memory requirements? (I believe
that) ATM requires at least 2 meg. How much more or less does SP require?
Do you have the same functionality with imported Bitstream and ATM fonts
that you have with "native Super Print" fonts? At the risk of making your
post sound like an advertisement, what is the list price on it?
Does anyone else use Super Print? How do you like it?
John "Playing with the cut 'n paste again" Keating
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+---------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------+gettys@yacht.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys) (03/12/91)
Here's another satisfied user of SuperPrint. I bought it originaly last fall after seeing it demoed at the Windows show in Boston. At that time it was OK, but nothing to rave about. About the first of the year, they did a major upgrade to it and were kind enough to send it out as an upgrade for FREE! I also had taken them up on a low cost upgrade that added more fonts. It really does give you back the computer as soon as the application can finish sending it the data to be printed. I use it for both my DeskJet+ at home and an IBM 4109 laser in HOP emulation mode at work. I've also used in in HP Paintjet mode. It comes with a bunch of fonts and with the add on mentioned above gives you a total of 74 fonts in any size you need. It will accept HP Soft Fonts, Adobe Type 1 fonts (no hinting), Bitstream Fontware v2.10, Compugraphic Intellifont v2.11, and The Company's Nimbus Q v3.0 fonts as add ons. I only have the ones sold by Zenographics in the two packages and it takes up about 3.2 meg of disk space. The families it comes with are (this includes the add on package): AvantGarde Bookman CenturySchoolbook Courier Helv Helvitica-Narrow Helvitica ITC Avant Garde ITC Bookman ITC Zapf Chancery ITC Zapf Dingbats NewCenturySchlbk Nimbus Mono Nimbus Roman Nimbus Sans Palatino Palermo Symbol Tms Roman URW SymbolPS ZapfChancery Futura Bitstream Charter Typing that list - There may be some dupes that occurred because of the upgrade, but I think they really are all different. It supposedly will accept the fonts that come with the new version of Corel Draw also, even after you modify them in Corel. (I haven't tried it yet.) /s/ Bob Gettys Just a satisfied user
magid@headcrash.Berkeley.EDU (Paul Magid) (03/13/91)
Can one buy the print manager portion of Superprint without the font manager? If so where can I get it and how much does it cost? Paul
ede879g@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Robert D. Nicholson) (05/03/91)
Has anybody used superprint 1.1 its like ATM but more complete with lots of extras like a spooler. The manual says that you need the AFM files to install ATM typefaces now i know that the cica shareware fonts have PFM but I read an article that says that superprint does not recognise these. What does this mean that i cannot use the shareware fonts and that superprint is only compatible with proprietory ATM librarys.
09381@tanus.oz.au (Shane Pascoe) (05/13/91)
Try using large screen fonts with say word for windows, superprint appears not
to be to WYSIWYG.
Shane Pascoe
Corporate WorkGroup Resources
Sydney Australia
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