Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!wiechman From: wiechman@athos.rutgers.edu (NightMeower) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Slide production software for Mac II? Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 89 13:42:39 GMT References: <12936@s.ms.uky.edu> <5290002@hplsla.HP.COM> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 52 Cc: wiechman@athos In article <5290002@hplsla.HP.COM> daver@hplsla.HP.COM (Dave Ringoen) writes: > Kevin, > You got my interest in the Agfa recorders. Do you have any information > on which service bureaus where have the Agfa Postscript-capable recorders? > I occasionally need to have slides made, but don't know how to track down > who can make them. > > > Dave Ringoen Lake Stevens Instrument Division, Hewlett Packard > 8600 Soper Hill Road, Everett, WA 98205-1298, (206) 335-2236 > uucp: hplabs!hplsla!daver domain: daver%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com > Home: 3202 104th Pl. SE, Everett WA, 98208, (206) 338-0714 As of the present moment there are only nine PostScripts RIPs that are capable of driving our film recorders in the US. The product is still in being tested and will begin shipping hopefully by the early in the first quarter of 1990. There is no list of the test sites that can be made available at this time. Once the product is out of the "early support sites" program then a list of those bureaus can be made. I would like to underscore that many people can get very nice results through our own QD rasterizer. The film recorders currently ship with Conductor, a specially modified QD rasterizer. We have our own outline font technology which allows us to have text rotated in any 2-dimensional way without the "jaggies" that you are accustomed to see. Those of our service bureaus that remain up to date can support Courier, Helvetica, Times, and Symbol in any style or rotation. These service will also be receiving the option to upgrade their software to include the other LaserWriter Plus fonts (Avant Garde, Palatino, New Century SchoolBook, et al). There are a couple of areas where PostScript RIPs have a large improvement over our QD rasterizer. Any other font that is not one of the standard LW+ fonts can not be handled by Conductor, but the PostScript RIP can handle downloadable fonts. The other area that comes to mind is Bezier curves. Bezier curves are not supported by the QD rasterizer, but the RIP has that capability. If you are interested in finding a service bureau near you, we can give you a few names and numbers Kevin -- =========================================================================== Kevin S. Wiechmann arpa: wiechman@rutgers.rutgers.edu This is only a test... for the next sixty seconds...