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In article <kZeZwB5w165w@theporch.raider.net> rowley@theporch.raider.net  
(Michael Rowland) writes:
> 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.
> 

I too am interested in the performance of a Postscript interpreter like  
Freedom of the Press. I'll disagree with Michael regarding the  
acceptability of the HP printer driver--I just tried to print a MATLAB  
plot out and got Imagewriter (72 dpi) resolution. You would think that  
given the plethora of high-resolution non-postscript printers available  
for the Mac, y'd be able to get high quality graphics--alas, such is not  
true. (Adobe stockholders can rest secure.)

Mark.
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Mark Kotanchek
Guidance & Control Dept - 363 ASB
Applied Research Lab/Penn State
P.O. Box 30
State College, PA 16804