ANNOUNCEMENT!! Windows PostScript Drivers & Adobe Type Manager Updates!!

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you are not generating PostScript in a Windows environment, you may 
safely delete this message. Otherwise, please read this message as it 
contains information about updated versions of Windows PostScript Drivers
and Adobe Type Manager that resolve problems previously reported.

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New versions and packaging of the Adobe PostScript drivers for Windows 
were posted on 7/11/2000 on the Adobe web site at

	<http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/pdrvwin.htm>

as the Version 1.0.2 Universal Installer. Available in 15 different
language packagings (including Japanese, Korean, Chinese simplified,
and Chinese traditional), it installs AdobePS 4.4.1 under Windows'95/98,
AdobePS 5.1.2 under Windows NT 4.0, and an updated PSCRIPT.DLL driver 
under Windows 2000 (this is the driver that was the result of the joint
Adobe / Microsoft development effort and with the update, is functionally
equivalent to AdobePS 5.1.2+). This installer provides the means of both
updating the driver and creating new printer instances based upon
PPD. (This provides the first such capability under Windows 2000).

Compared to Version 1.0 of the Universal Installer, 1.0.2 contains
AdobePS 4.4.1 instead of AdobePS 4.4 for Windows'95/98 as well as
installer fixes.

Users of Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 who have already installed
version 1.0 will find no new functionality for their systems. However,
they are encouraged to install version 1.0.2 to provide the ability
of Windows'95/98 clients to properly "remotely" install the correct
version AdobePS 4.4.1 driver when accessing print queues on their 
Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 systems. 

AdobePS 4.4.1 in conjunction with ATM 4.1.1 (see below) fixes critical
problems associated with use of "base 35" Type 1 fonts, especially when
the PostScript is destined for distillation with Acrobat Distiller 4.0x.

A new version of Adobe Type Manager Lite for Windows, ATM Lite 4.1.1, was 
posted on 7/7/2000 on the Adobe web site at

	<http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/atmwin.htm>.

(NOTE: It is labelled externally as 4.1 ... this is really the 4.1.1 version!)

For users of FrameMaker 6.0 who received ATM Lite 4.1 bundled with FrameMaker
and are running under Windows'95/98, this is a mandatory upgrade, along with
AdobePS 4.4.1.

For all other users of AdobePS 4.4.1 for Windows'95/98, ATM Lite 4.1.1
or ATM Deluxe 4.1.1 is REQUIRED for printing of Type 1 fonts!!!
If you are not currently using Adobe Type Manager or are using a previous
version of ATM Lite, download ATM Lite 4.1.1 from the above URL and
install it prior to installing AdobePS 4.4.1. ATM Lite is now provided
by Adobe at no charge.

If you are currently using ATM Deluxe 4.0, you may install ATM Lite 4.1.1,
although you will lose the "Deluxe" features. Otherwise, registered users
of ATM Deluxe 4.0 (for either Windows'95/98 or Windows NT 4) may purchase
an upgrade to Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.1.1 Upgrade for Windows for 
US $29.00 by calling 1-800-445-8787. The upgrade is currently shipped by
mail. Further information about Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.1.1 may be
found at

	<http://www.adobe.com/products/atm/mainwin.html>


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AdobePS 4.4.1 FEATURES
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For Windows'95/98 users, AdobePS 4.4.1 has the following new features
and differences over AdobePS 4.3.1:

(1) A "true gray" feature for text and line art. Under Windows' imaging
model, black and shades of gray are expressed as colors with equal 
percentage of red, green, and blue. The generated PostScript for such 
black and gray shades has been done with RGB PostScript instead of 
grayscale PostScript. This is not particularly efficient and for some 
color PostScript printers, resulted not in black or gray being printed, 
but in "rich black" or "rich gray" being printed ... equal parts of 
cyan, magenta, and yellow, possibly mixed with black. The "true gray" 
feature, if selected (default is NOT selected), causes the driver to
replace all situations with R=G=B (equal parts of red, green, and blue)
with the equivalent grayscale value. Use of this new feature with color
printers (and with generation of PDF files) is most highly recommended.

(2) This driver REQUIRES Adobe Type Manager 4.1.1 if you are printing
any Type 1 fonts. ATM is not required if you are only using TrueType 
fonts.

(3) The "substitution table" and "always use TrueType" font options have
been replaced by two options ... "Substitute printer fonts for TrueType
fonts when applicable" and "Do not use printer fonts".

When selected, the first of these options causes TrueType fonts that are
known to have exact matching metric and style printer equivalents to be 
replaced by use of the printer font ("Times Roman" in the printer 
substitutes for "Times New Roman" in the document; "Helvetica" in the 
printer substitutes for "Arial" in the document; etc.). When unselected, 
no font substitution occurs.

The second of these options, "Do not use printer fonts" when selected 
allows you to effectively bypass any printer-resident font. All text is 
printed with fonts downloaded from the user's computer. This option is 
useful when you have any doubt as to what fonts and/or versions of same 
are actually resident on the printer and you must exactly match what you
have on the host.

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Adobe Type Manager 4.1.1 FEATURES
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Adobe Type Manager 4.1.1 adds support for OpenType fonts as well as
Type 1 font support under Windows'95/98 and Windows NT 4. It is required
for use of the AdobePS 4.4.1 PostScript driver under Windows'95/98
if any Type 1 fonts are used in user documents. Fully Windows 2000-
compatible, ATM 4.1.1 provides support for Type 1 Multiple Master font
instances under Windows 2000. Although Windows 2000 natively supports
TrueType, Type 1 and OpenType fonts, it does NOT natively support
Multiple Master font instances!

ATM Lite and ATM Deluxe differ in that ATM Deluxe provides font 
management functions (creation of font sets, temporary disabling/enabling
of individual typefaces or font sets, etc.).

Adobe will be rolling out the "first wave" of OpenType fonts for 
on-line purchase within the next week or so.


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	- Dov 


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