Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!ginosko!aplcen!haven!umd5!zben From: zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: PostScript in PostScript Summary: (Commercial) stand alone PS viewer for Macintosh Keywords: graphical newsgroup macintosh Message-ID: <5514@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 26 Oct 89 19:53:13 GMT References: <7800@cg-atla.UUCP> Reply-To: zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 47 In article <7800@cg-atla.UUCP> felleman@cg-atla.UUCP (John Felleman) writes: > ... computerized discussions of PostScript were limited to text ... > ... a newsgroup where the messages were sent in PostScript. This was typed in from an article in the current "TypeWorld" newspaper. Vol XIII, No 20, Second October 1989 issue, first page. See and learn PostScript on Mac Concord, MA -- A PostScript interpreter that runs on a Macintosh Plus, SE, or II and displays output pages on the screen is now being delivered by Lincoln & Co. PostShow, as the software system is called, is totally self contained and requires no printer or other hardware to operate. Like PS Tutor, the company's earlier IBM PC [boo hiss -cbc] product, PostShow is intended for the graphics arts professional who works directly with the PostScript language, as well as for the learner. PostScript files created by publishing and illustration software may be interpreted and viewed; such files can also be created or modified using the system's built-in editor. The interactive mode of PostScript is active and available so that commands can be executed from the keyboard. Assisting the programmer are features such as an online reference manual that describes all of PostScript's operators and error messages, pull-down windows into the operand stack and graphics state, and a "zoom-and-pan" function that permits any part of the page to be viewed, magnified, or reduced. PostShow incorporates the Macintosh user interface. PostShow produces hardcopy output on both PostScript and non-PostScript printers. On non-PostScript units, it prints PostScript pages at the screen resolution of 72 dots per inch. With PostScript printers, it transmits the PostScript files for interpretation by the printer. An introductory price of $224.95 includes the 13 standard PostScript fonts, similar in appearance and spacing to the Helvetica, Courier, and Times families, and to Symbol. An additional set of fonts, LWM22, is available for $69.95 ($89.95 when purchased separately from PostShow), contains 22 additional fonts that closely resemble those of more recent laser printers. For more information contact: Lincoln & Co., David Jellison, Director of Software Sales, 45 Winthrop St., Concord MA 01742 USA, (508) 369-1441, Fax (508) 371-2287. -- Sig DS.L ('ZBen') ; Ben Cranston * Computer Science Center Network Infrastructures Group * University of Maryland at College Park