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I am interested in finding out about software systems for PCs (either
Macs or IBM clones) which can be used for newspaper production and layout.
Right now, this small non-profit weekly paper has several IBM PCs which are
used by writers, and their copy can be sent via a serial line to a Compugraphic
Editwriter for final production.  Layout and paste up is performed by hand.

The Editwriter is already several years old; it will eventually be
impossible to maintain, and we're investigating systems for the future
which will help automate the entire process from text entry to final layout.
Right now, I have no idea what is out there, or whether a typesetter is
still preferable to a laser printer, given the resolution of newsprint.

Most of the PC-based desktop publishing systems such as Pagemaker and
Ventura Publisher seem more oriented towards newsletters, flyers and
magazine articles than newspapers, although I have little direct experience
with them and would love to be proved incorrect.

Can anyone give any specific recommendations for hardware and software
systems which might prove useful, and their costs?
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Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.harvard.edu
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