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We do a lot of newsletters! And., I would consider this to be in that class
(rather than  a magazine). If you are going to generate files "inhouse" do
so on an acceptable platform within your workable community - be that
local, national or worldwide. It all depends on your distribution. 

If you are working locally, check with your local service bureau to see
what formats they prefer for fo;m generation. Film is universal to all
printers!!!!!.

The qustion has to be asked "Why do they want PCs?" Is there an economic
reason or does some ignorant middle management type say this is what they
want?

It really boils down to "who" is using the equipment, rather than what
equipment is being used. Also, what budget is there?


Gary
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I  have  a friend who would like to bring  a  quarterly  magazine 
> which  currently  runs at about 10 pages with colour  prints  and 
> costs about 3K for 2000 copies. They want to buy a PC rather than 
> MAC  but  compatibility is a stumbling block. They  are  familiar 
> with PCs but not MACs and would prefer a PC system.
> 
> Perhaps   a   second  hand Powermac?  Could  someone  suggest   a  
> suitable setup?  They had ideas of bringing the scanning in-house  
> too.   I  was  going to show them what one can  do  witha   NIKON 
> COOLSCAN   ona   PC,  but  I see two problems at least.  One   is  
> getting   anything  print  ready is likely to  be  difficult  and 
> secondly,  how does  one get such large files to a  printer?  The 
> graphics  images  must take up quite a bit of  storage.  Finally, 
> what's the best DTP to use? 
> 
> Does anyone know of any good companies who deal with  such small
> clients and who can be relied on to do a good job, and advise on
> equipment?
> -- 
> David Longley