Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!decwrl!adobe!bezanson From: bezanson@adobe.COM (Brian Bezanson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: ATM and HP LaserJet II-compaitble printers Message-ID: <1432@adobe.UUCP> Date: 9 Nov 89 17:23:18 GMT References: <5907@shlump.nac.dec.com> <2046@network.ucsd.edu> Reply-To: bezanson@adobe.UUCP (Brian Bezanson) Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View Lines: 31 In article <2046@network.ucsd.edu> dpaight@weber.UUCP (Dan Paight) writes: >And I suppose Adobe was unaware of this problem before releasing >ATM. Don't these people test their products before marketing them? >Their ads sing the virtues of ATM for owners of Imagewriters, yet >the damned thing won't even handle kerning correctly on an >Imagewriter! Most of the spacing problems on the Imagewriter are due to application spacing problems (no support for fractional widths). Adobe did extensive testing on all printers mentioned in the advertising. Should Adobe hold up shipping ATM so Apple could do a better ImageWriter driver or Microsoft fix their spacing to the ImageWriter? Apple isn't going to fix their drivers because the whole architecture is changing under 7.0. Adobe is working with developers to make their applications space better, and things are happening. For users with FullWrite, PageMaker, XPress, or MacWrite II 1.1 the results are very similar to a LaserPrinter (given the dpi differences). For any type above 14 point ATM is a big win. >The more I hear about Adobe Type Manager, the more I think I'll wait >for system 7 for outline fonts. These spacing problems won't go away in System 7.0. The new print drivers will fix some of the problems, but if the applications don't do spaing right now with the fonts, they won't in System 7.0. My personal guess right now is that ATM is showing manufacturers where they need upgrading and most are doing ATM upgrades and they may need to do more for 7.0. -- Brian Bezanson bezanson@adobe.com Adobe Systems Incorporated The opinions expressed above are my own and may not represent those of Adobe.