Just add PostScript
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Custom Applications Inc's $495 Freedom of Press is a software program that interprets PostScript code and generates a bit map in a format compatible with laser, ink-jet and 24-pin dot matrix printers from major manufacturers. The quality of pages printed with Freedom of Press closely resembles that of pages printed on a PostScript printer. An 80386 microcomputer with a math coprocessor is recommended for improved performance, yet Freedom of Press is still not as fast as a PostScript printer. An expanded memory of 500K is required for an 80286 microcomputer, but the program saves disk space by using outline fonts. A color version of the program will be available in the first quarter of 1989 and will be bundled with Compugraphic's Type Director. Freedom of Press is a good buy if cost is more important than speed.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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Review portfolio: tracing par excellence
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Adobe Systems Inc's $395 Streamline 1.0 is the most accurate and fastest autotracing tool on the market. It is invaluable for converting a large volume of line art to electronic files that can easily be edited in a drawing program or print at any resolution. Streamline can reverse an image as it traces, or it can trace the white areas instead of the black in a reversal. It can also trace only portions of a bit map instead of the entire map. Line art can be quickly created by scanning a photograph, tracing it with Streamline and modifying the image with a draw program. The software requires an IBM PC/AT or compatible, 640Kbytes of RAM, 20Mbyte hard disk and one floppy drive, DOS 3.1 or later, Windows/286 2.10 or later, or Windows/386 or later, and a Windows-compatible mouse.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1990
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