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Welcome to the International Publishers Exchange
(known fondly to those involved as PUBNET)
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ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS EXCHANGE...
The International Publishers Exchange (IPE) is a non-profit international
organization staffed entirely by volunteers. Among its members are private
individuals, corporations, and institutions, all of whom are involved in the
many aspects of electronic and print communications, such as desktop
publishing, presentation graphics, printing, advertising, and technical
documentation.
Anyone can join IPE, either as a casual user or active participant. The
goal is to create a "User's Intelligence Network," where members may share
experiences, ask questions, and gain insight into the use of these powerful new
technologies.
ABOUT THE BBS NETWORK...
Central to the achievement of IPE's goal is PUBNET--a telecommunications
network linking bulletin board systems around the world. This network is based
on the same technology as the popular FIDONET EMAIL system. Messages and files
are distributed to participating PUBNET BBSs on a daily basis. A message
entered on one of these boards is "echoed" to all other PUBNET boards
throughout the world.
Whether you are creating a church newsletter, a major corporate brochure,
or investigating the latest in multi-media, you will find PUBNET members more
than willing to help and share their experiences. You are also encouraged to
help others in their publishing and communications efforts.
Key to PUBNET are the various conferences, each dealing with a specific
aspect of PUBNET or electronic printing and publishing. The current PUBNET
conference list includes:
INTROPUB - Introduce yourself here and find out about PUBNET
AUTOPUB - Automatically generated network messages, file releases, etc.
COREL - Talk on Corel products, including but not limited to Draw!
FONTS - Installing and using fonts on any platform
GRAPHIC_DESIGN - Analysis and commentary on publication design
LASERMASTER - Talk about LaserMaster's printer controller cards
PAGEMAKER - Discussions of Aldus' PageMaker
POSTSCRIPT - Postscript printers and programming tips
PRODUCTION - Publishing in a production environment
PUB_ADS - Commercial advertisements from publishing-related firms
PUB_BUSINESS - Discussions of the business side of publishing
PUBNET - PUBNET administration
PUBNEWS - The latest news from major software vendors
QUARK - Quark Xpress publishing software discussions
TECH_SUPPORT - Technical support for DTP products
UNIX_PUB - Publishing on UNIX platforms
VPUG - Intended to facilitate comunication between the many
independent VPUGs
(Note: A Ventura conference was included in IPE's planning, but PubNet is a
Fido-carried service, and Fido already has a Ventura echo in place.)
Join the INTROPUB conference first and let us know about yourself. If you
need help finding out where to go within PUBNET to find an answer INTROPUB is
the place to start!
A FINAL NOTE...
PUBNET continues to grow with each passing month. As a result, we are still
setting up hubs and testing links, both nationally and internationally. The
boards noted with an asterisk in the accompanying DTPBBSxx list are current
participants in the IPE and PUBNET. At this writing, not all of the boards are
connected for all of the echo conferences, but it is hoped that those that
aren't will be soon.
Come join us!