Re: A2 desktop publishing

[Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>]

Scott Alfter wrote:

> PublishIt! was da bomb. :-) I used it to produce the newsletter for the
> local Apple user group.  It could generate PostScript output, which I would
> upload to a UN*X box at school for printing on their laser printer.  You
> couldn't tell that it was put together on an Apple II...it was that good.

The most powerful text-based word processor that I ever saw, was the ProDOS version
of "Apple Writer v2.0" which supported Postscript, and could directly control a
LaserWriter to print full page graphics. It could do many things that were
difficult or somewhat impossible when attempted with another program on any other
computer.

I wonder, if GUI "System 6.x" on the IIGS has embedded commands for PostScript?

>
>
> (Dot-matrix output wasn't as good as it could've been, though...their
> rendering engine only ran at 120x72 dpi, which was the "lowest-common-
> denomiator" graphics capability.  I would've preferred the 144x144 or
> 160x144 dpi that my Imagewriter could deliver.)
>
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