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I was able to load the one of the font sample documents into Pagestream
v1.5 and write the file out to disk in Postscript.  I uploaded the
(rather large file) and printed it on an Apple LaserWriter.  Most of it
looked okay.  I don't know much about fonts but most of them looked
okay.

The postscript file generated had to be modified after uploading.  The
postscript standard states that all postscript files start with a
%!, usually followed by the postscript version number.  Pagestream (and
Publishing Partner for that matter) fail to do this.  I find a
<NEWLINE><NEWLINE><EOF> at the begining of the file.  Easy to fix but
annoying.  (No, KERMIT does not add this; there are no comments at the
beginning of the file.)

I have a more general question.  Is pagestream downloading fonts to the
laser printer?  I had no end of grief trying to print a postscript file
from First Publisher (IBM PC & clones).  The local postscript wizard said
they were downloading fonts and that was why it took forever (the file
would timeout over the network connection).  Publishing Partner files
did not seem to do that.  Has SoftLogic changed things?  Sure, a lot of
home desktop publishing might be done on low end laser writers, but they
should not assume a stupid printer.  It should at least be configurable
or they should have a separate utility to download the desired font set.

While on the subject of desktop publishing, I've taken Michtron up on
their offer to send owners of other dps's a copy of Fleet Street v2 for
$50.00 plus S/H (ST World 1/89).  Before I did it, however, I called and
asked about postscript to files.  The answer was that could write to
files.  (And it's not copy protected this time -- reason I didn't buy
the first release.)

		Craig

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