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- From: kanko@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Mark Kanko)
- Subject: A1000 w/ ProWrite, Final Copy, and Prof Draw???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.191317.5255@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
- Keywords: Advice request.
- Sender: news@ennews.eas.asu.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Arizona State University
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:13:17 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- Sorry if I'm asking some FAQs, but I haven't been on this group for
- quit awhile. I'll make it short and sweet.
-
- I've go an A1000 with 2.5 Meg and a 40-M Xetec HD hooked to an
- Okidata OL400 laser printer (HPII emulation). I bought ProWrite
- 3.2 last year in hopes of getting an application on par with
- MS-Word, but I was miserably disappointed. A typical 300dpi
- 12-pt Times text-only page takes 4-7 minutes to print. Not
- only that, but the quality of the printout is terrible, "High
- Quality" mode gives me garbage, printer font numbers don't work
- (yeah, I know: "It's not New Horizon's fault that the printer
- driver doesn't support it..."), I only get a few displayed lines
- on my screen in non-interlace, etc., etc., etc. In short, my old
- Zenith 286 running Word for Windows ran circles around this combo.
- I am on the verge of selling the ProWrite and buying Final Copy II.
-
- Ques 1: Will I see the advertised speed increase with FC II and
- my system? Will I be able to successfully (i.e., see smooth,
- 300 dpi resolution on the printed page) use the "included"
- outline fonts with my OL400 and get pages out faster than 8 min per?
-
- Ques 2: I want to get Professional Draw 3.0. Same basic questions
- as above, but mainly will I be limited on output quality on my
- non-Postscript printer and what should I expect for speed (or lack
- thereof) on my unaccelerated A1000.
-
- Any advice EMAILED to me would be greatly appreciated. I'm a full-
- time student and don't have a whole lot of time to research all
- this. I'm especially interested if you're using a A1000 and/or
- the OL400. Thanks, all.
-
- Mark
- kanko@asuvax.eas.asu.edu
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