rmr@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Randy M. Roberts) (01/11/91)
I am looking for a wordprocessor that I can use with my dot-matrix printer. Preferably one that understands postscript. I saw someone's post about lable making, and it inferred that Pagestream was my answer. Is this correct? P.S. IS THIS THE CORRECT NEWSGROUP FOR THIS SORT OF POST? Regards, Randy -- Randy M. Roberts rmr@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
wally@pallas.athenanet.com (Wally Hartshorn) (01/12/91)
In article <42370@ut-emx.uucp> rmr@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Randy M. Roberts) writes: >I am looking for a wordprocessor that I can use with my dot-matrix >printer. Preferably one that understands postscript. I saw someone's >post about lable making, and it inferred that Pagestream was my >answer. Is this correct? Yes and no. PageStream WILL work with a dot-matrix printer, it DOES understand Postscript, and it presumably could be used to print labels (although that would take quite a bit of work). However, it isn't truly a word processor. Instead, it is a desktop publishing program. By that I mean that it has *NO* ability to print to your dot-matrix printer using your printer's built-in fonts. This means that you can't print a FAST letter-quality document, for instance. A desktop publishing program is designed for "non-standard" output. In other words, if you will be using graphics, will be printing in columns, putting boxes around things, and other "unusual" formatting, then a desktop publishing package is what you want. On the other hand, if you will be printing "normal" output, such as letters, reports, etc, then a word processor is what you want. If you will be doing some of both, then you want a word processor with graphic capabilities. For a word processor that doesn't support graphics, you might consider WordPerfect. It WILL support Postscript and will do "mail merge" functions that will help you print labels, but it doesn't support graphics. (At least not on the Amiga.) For a word processor that DOES support graphics, you might consider ProWrite, KindWords, Excellence, or PenPal. For a desktop publishing program, you would probably want PageStream, although Professional Page is also a good package. Shall we move this conversation to .applications? -- Wally (uunet!pallas!wally or wally@athenanet.com) This article is 100% public domain. If you can make $$$ off of it, more power to you. :-)