Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Roger.Sheppard From: Roger.Sheppard@actrix.gen.nz (Roger Sheppard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: Postscript from Calamus Message-ID: <1991May25.144404.2743@actrix.gen.nz> Date: 25 May 91 14:44:04 GMT References: <1991May24.122945.11592@cs.umu.se> Organization: Actrix Networks Lines: 37 In article steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) writes: > [In article <1991May24.122945.11592@cs.umu.se>, > jan@cs.umu.se (Jan T}ngring) writes ... ] > > > There is a DTP-program called Calamus. It doesn't generate > > postscript code. > > > very good and very fast, you get a high degree of correspondence between > what you see and what you get, and you get it quickly with a bit-image > printer such as the Atari SLM804 or SLM605. > > > Are there any public domain to-postscript-converters available? > > None that I am aware of. > > If the only printer you have available is PostScript, then Calamus is > not the right tool. PageStream is probably what you need. > No.! They have a program called CONVRT2X.TOS. > inferior to that of Calamus, but it also has PostScript output drivers for > monochrome and color printers that call upon the PostScript interpreter to > supply fonts when possible. That means PageStream is slower than Calamus > and has less correspondence between the screen image and the output image, > but it also means you can get excellent type quality and, or course, > portability. > > PageStream 2 is supposed to be able to use PostScript fonts to generate > its screen images, but I don't know whether it is available yet. > > ---- > Steve Yelvington, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, USA / steve@thelake.mn.org The software package called Outline Art, has a converter included with it. may be all that is needed is for him to get his Calamus version updated.. -- Roger W. Sheppard 85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...