Re: LaserWriter PLUS & GS?

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

Nathan Mates (nathan@visi.com) wrote:

:    Since the GS/OS System 6 installer also makes sure Appletalk is
: installed when you install the Laserwriter print driver, I'd say that
: you'll probably have to have Appletalk on. GS+ Magazine (RIP) had a
: program called 'Laserbeam' which could upload postscript files to
: laserwriters; they may also have had font upload capabilities as well.
: (You shouldn't _need_ to get a mac to deal with stuff.)

Get version 1.1 of LaserBeam, which added font uploading.

:    If you're printing with fonts under 64 points in size, getting and
: installing 'Pointless' (from Westcode software) is a good alternative
: to downloading fonts to the printer. Pointless lets you take Truetype
: fonts (zillions of them are available; I've seen 1000 font CD-ROMs
: for $8 at a CD-Rom store in Pasadena) and use them from your GS. 

The LaserWriter printer driver doesn't seem to do font scaling, so 
TrueType fonts print as ugly as bitmapped ones. Pointless is useful for 
nice looking screen displays of TrueType fonts at any size. However, I 
only print with TrueType fonts if I have a PostScript version of the same 
font uploaded to my printer.

-Gareth