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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Yet Another FullWrite Review
Message-ID: <56046@sun.uucp>
Date: 10 Jun 88 02:11:25 GMT
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>I had one problem with printing.  I was preparing for a talk on FullWrite, and
>tried to print all the sample documents.  When I printed the Tutorial Sample
>Doc (the one pager with the funky picture of a space station), the text
>printed on our LaserWriter, but not the picture!  I was using my 2.5 meg SE
>with MultiFinder and background printing.  I tried both a LaserWriter and
>LaserWriter II, and both of them failed to print the picture.  I have over 4
>megs of free disk space.  I turned background printing off and this solved the
>problem.

A number of people have reported this on CompuServe. Last I heard,
Ashton-Tate was completely mystified, they haven't been able to reproduce
it.

One related note, though -- A-T has basically said that the whole EPS
interface needs to be rethought and cleaned up, and that they don't really
understand all of the details surrounding EPS files right now. When FWP
mentions EPS files, they really mean Adobe Illustrator files. Other programs
that create EPS files, like CricketDraw or Freehand, can have problems.
sigh. Expect this whole area to be redone one of these days, I'd guess (I
hope! Personally, I like Word's Postscript font implementation. Enhanced for
EPS as well, it'd be a real nice feature.)



Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ

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