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- From: Philip Chung <ee95pyc@brunel.ac.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Final Writer 5 Features
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 12:16:37 +0100
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- C. Taylor Sutherland III wrote:
- >
- > FW needs at least formula's. There is an equation editor called EqEd which
- > works fine except that it best exports to postscript, and I don't have a
- > post script printer and I would never try to print more than one page with
- > Post. Another thing is why can't FW print at speeds like PageStream?
- > Pagestream is a fully graphic program and yet it prints really really fast
- > regardless of the font. FW4 is a big step (from 1.0) in that at least 12
- > pt font prints at a good speed. I just want to be able to put a formula
- > and a different font in a document and I don't want the printer to slow
- > down (considerably).
-
- You don't need Post to print Postscript files, FinalWriter will print postscript
- files created with EqEd no problem, although I do agree that an integrated
- formula editor would be a better solution. Pagestream bypasses the Amiga printer
- drivers and uses its own custom printer drivers, outputting to PAR: (at least
- with 2.22).
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- __/\_\__ Philip Chung
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