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Re: Beta 1 not different from Beta 0 ...
On Sun, 5 May 1996 rick.ho@utoronto.ca wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if there is any difference between Executor 2 Beta 1
> and Beta 0. I'm sure some bugs are fixed in Beta 1, but is there any
> major improvements, quicktime/ATM compatibility, better printing, etc.
hello,
One fix that I've noticed is that MS Word 5.1a now correctly
prints with fonts greater than 20pt (or something like that). Also,
font names now use a "-" instead of " " which fixes printing on many
postscript printers. (fixed in beta0) However, beta1 still gets spacing
wrong in large fonts. For example, if I print "Testing Executor Beta0" in
AGaramond 30pt, it prints out like "Testing Executor Beta0".
One more thing, although this is unrelated to beta1. There is a
printer spooler called PPR, PostScript Print Spooler(??), which is
supposed to be able to download fonts (both Type 1 and TrueType) and
lotsa other stuff. I haven't tried yet, and I also don't have the URL for
the page with me now, but it looks like it can supplement executor
printing, if it can download fonts. Instead of using ghostscript, people
can just set PPR to download needed fonts into the printer. Again, I
didn't try it yet. You can find the link through the Netatalk webpage.
I'll post it once I get home...
-Hyung-song Nam
hn16@cornell.edu
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