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Article #10754Re: Freedom of Press....what exactly can it do for a Deskwriter owner?
From: David Hayes
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 07:16
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 07:16
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FoP is a Postscript-compatible language processor. It reads postscript, and generates a bitmap image, which it sends to your printer. It can and does deal with postscript graphics. It also shares the same laser font files used by ATM. FoP is slow. On my IIsi, it takes about twice as long to generate a page with FoP as it would using ATM. Of course, if you have a postscript graphic, FoP is much faster than paper and pencil. :-) I use ATM for most jobs, which are text-only. FoP exists for those times when I just have to have postscript. FoP-Light is the interpreter and a few basic fonts. Full FoP is all the fonts of the LaserWriter-Plus, and support for some very esoteric printers. If you just want to print to a DeskWriter, FoP-Light will do a fine job. For reasons having to do with FoP's spooler (nice touch), I recommend that you use the DeskWriter in an Appletalk configuration. David Hayes
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