Re: Generating PS for Docutech 135 from Frame

[Joel Van Valin <joelv@xxxxxxx>]

Dina -

We use the Apple LaserWriter II NT when printing postscript
for Docutechs. Never had any problems with output. TrueType
fonts print as well as postscript fonts.

- Joel Van Valin
  Publishing Business Systems


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> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:26:52 -0800
> From: Dina Davidson <DinaD@Xantrex.com>
> Subject: Generating PS for Docutech 135 from Frame
>
> Hey all:
>
> I am having some problems with my print service provider.
>
> Setup at my end: FM 5.5.6 on Win 95, 128 mb ram, Adobe 4.2.4
> driver/Docutech135 ppd. Docs are highly graphical operating manuals: b/w,
> all TrueType fonts (I'm working on that with "les grandes fromages" at my
> office).
>
> Hmmm.  I have set the TT fonts to download as outlines.
> When I distill the file to PDF to have a look, it's ugly: missing characters
> too.
>
> When I generate a PS file using the Adobe driver set up with the Acrobat
> PPD, I send the TT fonts as Type 42, the resulting PS file is bigger (which
> somehow reassures me) and certainly looks a heckuva lot better when
> distilled to PDF.
>
> Anyone got any explicit experience with generating PostScript for sending to
> a Docutech?
>
> I know I must be missing something here!
>
> Thanks for any help/commiseration/hacks anyone can send my way....
>
> Dina
>
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