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In article <5290002@hplsla.HP.COM> daver@hplsla.HP.COM (Dave Ringoen) writes:

> Kevin,
>     You got my interest in the Agfa recorders.  Do you have any information
> on which service bureaus where have the Agfa Postscript-capable recorders?
> I occasionally need to have slides made, but don't know how to track down
> who can make them.
> 
> 
> Dave Ringoen   Lake Stevens Instrument Division, Hewlett Packard
>                8600 Soper Hill Road, Everett, WA  98205-1298, (206) 335-2236
> uucp: hplabs!hplsla!daver   domain: daver%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com
> Home: 3202 104th Pl. SE, Everett WA, 98208,  (206) 338-0714


As of the present moment there are only nine PostScripts RIPs that are
capable of driving our film recorders in the US.  The product is still
in being tested and will begin shipping hopefully by the early in the
first quarter of 1990.  There is no list of the test sites that can be
made available at this time.  Once the product is out of the "early
support sites" program then a list of those bureaus can be made.

I would like to underscore that many people can get very nice results
through our own QD rasterizer.  The film recorders currently ship with
Conductor, a specially modified QD rasterizer.  We have our own
outline font technology which allows us to have text rotated in any
2-dimensional way without the "jaggies" that you are accustomed to
see.  Those of our service bureaus that remain up to date can support
Courier, Helvetica, Times, and Symbol in any style or rotation.  These
service will also be receiving the option to upgrade their software to
include the other LaserWriter Plus fonts (Avant Garde, Palatino, New
Century SchoolBook, et al).

There are a couple of areas where PostScript RIPs have a large
improvement over our QD rasterizer.  Any other font that is not one of
the standard LW+ fonts can not be handled by Conductor, but the
PostScript RIP can handle downloadable fonts.  The other area that
comes to mind is Bezier curves. Bezier curves are not supported by the
QD rasterizer, but the RIP has that capability.

If you are interested in finding a service bureau near you, we can
give you a few names and numbers



Kevin
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