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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Display Postscript
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Date: 15 Dec 90 07:22:28 GMT
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In article <39120@nigel.ee.udel.edu> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes:
>Could somebody recommend a book on Display Postscript
>as used by the NeXT?  I already understand Postscript
>to some extent, as I have read the Adobe book on the
>subject.

I assume you mean bookS.  :-)
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|(c) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  
|All rights reserved.
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|POSTSCRIPT LANGUAGE BOOKS
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|Here is the ordering information for the Adobe PostScript Language 
|books.  All are published by Addison-Wesley and are listed as authored 
|by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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|  Red Book:   Postscript Language Reference Manual      
|                  ISBN 0-201-10174-2            List price: US$22.95
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|  Blue Book:  Postscript Language Tutorial and Cookbook 
|                  ISBN 0-201-10179-3            List price: US$16.95
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|  Green Book: PostScript Language Program Design        
|                  ISBN 0-201-14396-8            List price: US$22.95
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|  Black Book: Adobe Type 1 Font Format Specification    
|                  ISBN 0-201-57044-0            List price: US$14.95
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|These books can be obtained from most computer book stores.
|
|In addition, all Adobe products may be ordered direct from Adobe Systems 
|in Mountain View, California, by calling 1-800-83-FONTS or 415-961-4400 
|(ask for "Inside Sales"). You will need a Visa, MasterCard or American
|Express card to order by phone. You will be charged extra for shipping.
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>          However, I'm interested in learning the
>differences between Postscript and DPS.

<<You can order the Display PostScript documentation in a nice
  binder at a small cost (for postage & binder) by calling the
  [Adobe] Developer Support line at +1 415 961 4111.>>

BTW, you can mail order AW books from UUNET Technologies, Inc.
(e-mail info@uunet.uu.net for prices and ordering information):

Adobe Systems Inc. -POSTSCRIPT Language Program Design
   1988.                                   		$22.07
   POSTSCRIPT -Language Reference Manual.1986.		$22.07
   POSTSCRIPT -Language Tutorial and Cookbook.1986.
   Paper. 						$16.30

Holzgang -Display POSTSCRIPT Programming.1990.Paper.	$24.95
   
Reid -Thinking in POSTSCRIPT.1990.Paper.		$22.95

Roth -Real World POSTSCRIPT: Techniques from 
   POSTSCRIPT Profesionals.1988.			$22.95


You may want to wait on the Red Book, however, because...
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|COMING SOON (January 1991):
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|  Red Book:   Postscript Language Reference Manual, SECOND EDITION      
|                  ISBN 0-201-18127-4            List price: US$26.95
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|The second edition of the "red book" will document PostScript Level 2.
|PostScript Level 2 is a major revision to the PostScript language. It
|has many new language features, as well as incorporating language 
|extensions that were designed for earlier products (such as the color
|extensions for color printers).
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|These extensions include: the Display PostScript system, composite 
|(kanji) fonts, file system operators, and color.
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|In addition, the unofficial contents of the book include revised material 
|from the old book, discussions pertaining to memory management, binary 
|encoding formats, user paths, filters, forms, patterns, color spaces, 
|device independent printer features, composite fonts, the new halftoning 
|operators, compatibility strategies between PostScript Level 1 and 
|Level 2, the Document Structuring Conventions v3.0, a detailed look at 
|EPSF, and much, much more.
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