Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!amix!undrground!ryan From: undrground!ryan@amix.commodore.com (Ryan Sheftel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Questions about DTP printing and refresh speed Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 19:22:07 GMT References: <1991Jun2.013507.26940@ichips.intel.com> Organization: The Underground - Pennsylvania Lines: 37 waggoner@omews1.intel.com (Mark Waggoner) writes: > > I have a couple of questions about desk-top publishing programs that I hope > someone can answer. I am specifically interested in Pro-Page and Pagestream > but if you would like to comment on other packages, feel free to do so. > > - Can it print to a non-postscript printer using the printer's full > graphics resolution. I mean really using the printer's resolution, > not just scaling the screen to the printer's resolution as > Prowrite, for example, does. > > - How long does it take to print a moderately complex page this way? > (Tell me what kind of system you are using). > > - How fast are screen updates? Sub second? Multi second? Tens of > seconds? Minutes? > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > -- > Mark Waggoner waggoner@ichips.intel.com (503) 696-4590 > No, I don't speak for intel. Well, I am using ProPage 2.0 on an Amiga 2000 with 68010. As for the screen updates, it is fairly fast expect for the fonts for some reason. I think it is becuase I do not have a big enough font buffer. As for output it is great! It uses CompuGraphic fonts which will output at the highest resolution of the printer. The output is very fast. I use Ventura on a 286 at school, and while the text editing is not as good, it is still very fast and perfectly fine for the flyers our Amiga company puts out. ---------- Ryan Sheftel UUCP: uunet!cbmvax!amix!undrground!ryan Internet: undrground!ryan@amix.commodore.com