What # belongs in my ATM font cache

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2 total messages Started by Terry O'Donnell Wed, 29 Nov 1995 00:00

#3501

Author: Terry O'Donnell
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <30b6914f.1342971@news.enterprise.net>, pdds@enterprise.net 
wrote:

> With respect to Clive & David, I would still say that the culprit is
> the Win95 PS driver. Also ATM is not 100% compat with '95. I had hoped
> that the Adobe PS driver 3.01 would work in '95 but that seems to
> freak it out even more. So far as I can see, for the moment if you
> want to use Type 1 fonts in Win95 - you will have problems.
> It also seems to me that the blame is with Adobe more than MS for (1)
> releasing  drivers that promise a lot but are incompatible with apps
> (3.01) or OSs (4.x) and (2) going their own way with PM's printing?

PageMaker 6.0 uses the installed PS driver - but also creates some 
of it's own PS to generate the print file. Inspite of all the various
speculations on other potential failures, the problem is probably 
related to the fact that for PM 6.0 - a PPD file is essential. The 
original poster indicated that she didn't have one for her non-Adobe 
printer.

One approach would be to use Microsoft's PScript driver to install 
a generic sort of PPD - say for the Apple LaserWriter 380 printer - 
The drawback is that the printer won't have it's correct name - and
the PPD might not accurately reflect the ROM fonts in her printer - 
but it should work fine for downloadable fonts. If this doesn't work 
- she needs to call tech support - where they can help her isolate the
real problem.

Terry O'Donnell
Adobe Developer Relations

Re: What # belongs in my ATM font cache

#3502

Author: John Saponaro
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:00

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I have a 32-meg Pentium 100, Windows 3.1 and PM6.  I also have ATM 3.2.  
I tried to install ATM 3.3 from PM6; had to take the tower back to the 
shop (it was a 16-meg 486 at the time).  Anyway, all of my PostScript 
fonts cannot be used.  Luckily I still have hundreds of TrueType, but I 
miss some of the special PS fonts I have.

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