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From: carlson@gateway.mitre.org (Bruce Carlson)
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Subject: Re: Is there a better alternative than MS-Windows Paint program???
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Date: 19 May 89 16:16:45 GMT
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In article <355@greek.UUCP> mark@greek.UUCP (Mark Jeghers) writes:
>I use Paint (under Microsoft Windows) to make charts, etc.  It does not
>print out very nicely, the resolution is so poor!  I send it to a postscript
>laser printer and it is still big chunky blocks.  Text looks especially bad
>on it.  MacPaint is much superior, but, alas, you can't run it under Windows!
>Is there a "paint" type of program which meets the following criteria (more
>or less)?
>- Runs under MS-Windows
>- Has better resolution (like 300 dpi)
>- Object Oriented treatment of graphic items
>  (like MacPaint, MS-Paint just treats it all as raster bitmap)
>- Is preferably PD or Shareware
>Mark Jeghers                       "I'm the King of Eight and I'm here to state

Its not PD or shareware, but Micrographx sells Windows Draw Plus, which is
more or less of superset of the Gem Draw and MacDraw capabilities.  They also
sell a more expensive product called Designer and a top end product
that I can't recall the name for.

I have used Windows Draw (predecessor of Draw Plus) on an AT compatible with
an HP laserjet and I was extremely pleased with the results.  THe HP laserjet 
driver works at up 300 dpi with Windows if you have enough memory in the 
laserjet.
I think Windows has a postscript driver, but I'm not sure of its 
resolution or how well it works with Windows Draw Plus.  

Mail order houses have the Micrographx products, but for some reason
Egghead Software and B. Daltons Software Etc. don't carry it here in
the stores.  I called Micrographx on the phone (I think I got the 
number from an add in PC Magazine) and they sent me a description of
their product line.

Bruce Carlson