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suhlmann@vax1.umkc.edu writes:

> I am interested in the programs Freedom of The Press and Freed. of Press
> Light. Could people who own or have used these progs. send me their
> opinions?
> I am interested in it to print FreeHand files both to a SupraFax modem
> and to a Deskwriter C. I don't know exactly what the programs do, is this
> something they could handle?
> I am hoping this is possible, because I only print postscript files
> occasionally and would much prefer to get color printer than buy a
> postscript laser printer.
> 
You don't need Freedom of the Press to print PostScript documents on a 
Hewlett-Packard DeskWriterC. Just use HP's printer driver which mimics 
Apple's PrintMonitor.
Keep in mind, though, that what you will be printing out will be the 
color PICT preview saved with the FreeHand EPS file, not the PostScript 
instructions, and as such, it will be much lower resolution, and the 
colors will be grainy. You can get around these limitations by choosing 
colors carefully (try to avoid color combos that QuickDraw represents as 
a dithered pattern... what they look like on an 8-bit monitor will 
approximate what the QuickDraw output looks like)...and when you save the 
FreeHand file, scale the image as big as you can get it without creating 
too huge a file... at least 300% or so, and print it from a page layout 
program such as Quark Xpress or PageMaker.

I've had good results by opening the EPS file in PhotoShop and saving it 
as a PICT or TIFF (you can open it at 300 dpi resolution that way instead 
of 72). I believe ColorIt! can do the same for a lot less money than 
PhotoShop. 

From what I've heard about Freedom of the Press, I wouldn't recommend it 
for what you want to do.

jmr

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