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From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga-->Mac graphics conv.
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Date: 14 Sep 88 02:09:53 GMT
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> 1. Upon finishing a document in Pagesetter, save it.
> 2. Use supplied program to convert Pagesetter document to IFF picture.  The
>    resulting picture is now in super overscan (7 x 8 1/2" page -> 820 pixels
>    wide) which cannot be viewed by any program I own without crashing the
>    machine.  Isn't there a PD IFF viewer that uses a scrolling superbitmap?
> 3. Use NEWZAP to change the colors (for some reason the Pagesetter IFF conver-
>    sion program doesn't save in black and white).
> 4. Use IFFGIF to convert to GIF format (which shrinks the file, too!)
> 5. uuencode the file and upload it to the vax at work with VT100.
> 6. uudecode it on the vax and convert it to postscript with the conversion
>    program from the net, which I had to specially modify to keep the correct
>    aspect ratio.
> 7. Print the resulting picture (now over 1 MEGABYTE - AACK!) on the laser
>    writer with a locally written program, and TA-DA! a spiffy looking
>    document with crisp, beautiful blocky Amiga letters.

Hmmn, I use LaserScript myself, which can output PostScript directly
to a file, which can then be uploaded and printed directly, with
a much better resolution than "beautifully blocky" Amiga fonts.  You
can still include Amiga fonts and get an interesting effect if you wish.

Actually, If anyone wants to buy PageSetter and/or LaserScript,
drop me a line.  I don't use it that much anymore.  The program isn't
the greatest (occasionally crashes) but it has a reasonable price.
(The reason I chose PageSetter over the other programs that existed
at the time, was the fact that I could save PostScript to a file and
upload it to work - the other packages advertising didn't state that
they could do that, although quite a few have been updated to do this)

Darin Johnson (...pyramid.arpa!leadsv!laic!darin)
              (...ucbvax!sun!sunncal!leadsv!laic!darin)
	"All aboard the DOOMED express!"