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From: paul@dana.UUCP (Paul Ausick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacExpo: Bursting at the seams
Message-ID: <291@dana.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 88 01:55:54 GMT
References: <39117@sun.uucp>
Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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> 
> ...lots of interesting stuff...
> DTP programs in excess. I got stuff on PageMaker 3.0, RSG 4.0, Scoop,
> Xpress, and Interleaf. RSG is still on top, in my eyes, although PageMaker
> is better for shorter, more graphic pieces...

I really thought the new Xpress was superior in every way to all other
products (I currently use PageMaker2.0).  I'll probably buy a copy
when it gets on the shelf.


One thing Chuq didn't mention, but that just knocked me out was a demo
of Knowledge Engineering's _Lithographer_ at the RasterOps booth.  Bill
Bates, company prez, was using a MacII to show this off.  It's a combination
of a draw and paint program, but you could use it in the same way as
ImageStudio on a 24-bit color image.  That's damn cool.  But the most
impressive part (Bates said he wasn't sure he was going to sell Lithographer)
was the sample printed output he brought along.  Bates has written a
PostScript-compatible(clone) driver for an imagesetter called The Ultrasetter.
Output resolution is 3000 dpi.  Bates understands that all the flashy
graphics in the world isn't worth much unless you can get it on paper
for a reasonable price.  He hopes to have a product announcement in the
spring.  Watch for it.  It won't be the biggest announcement of the year,
just the most important.
-- 
/Paul Ausick
Dana Computer, Inc.
550 Del Rey Ave.		uucp: ...hplabs!dana!paul
Sunnyvale, CA 94086		408/732-0400