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- STARTUP.PS
- The Ultimate Mac-to-UltraScript™ PostScript driver
- Brought to you by Bugbasher Software
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- Version 1.1 - March 19, 1990
- (c) 1989, 1990 Hubert Nooijen
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-
- Introduction
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- As we all know, UltraScript has BIG trouble printing PostScript files
- from the Macintosh or Spectre. That is, until now! With STARTUP.PS, a
- little PostScript program with a GREAT effect, those compatibility
- problems are a thing of the past! UltraScript will now print virtually
- everything from the Mac, including those famous programs as Aldus
- FreeHand, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Word and Aldus PageMaker. You
- can choose landscape or portrait, reduced or enlarged, and all the
- stuff from the Print and Page Setup dialog boxes on the Mac. Your
- printer will never be the same again...
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- Usage
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- STARTUP.PS should be placed in the same folder as UltraScript. It will
- be automatically executed by UltraScript before any print job (that's
- why it's called STARTUP.PS); thus it should not be selected for
- printing (or the print job will be aborted).
- To print to a file on the Mac, immediately hold down COMMAND-K (NOT
- COMMAND-F!) after clicking OK or pressing RETURN at the Print dialog
- box, until the message "Creating PostScript® file..." (or whatever)
- appears. A file named POSTSCRIPTx (x = 0 - 9) will be created.
- Transfer the file to the Atari as text-only (WITHOUT linefeeds!); it
- is then ready to be printed by UltraScript. With STARTUP.PS installed,
- nothing else has to be done, no patching, no hassle!
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- Compatibility
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- STARTUP.PS has been thoroughly tested and amended over a period of
- eight months before this release; it has found to be extremely robust
- and did not even cause a single breakdown! It has been tested with the
- LaserWriter driver versions 4.0, 5.1, 5.2 (who said that version 5.2
- does "definitely not work"?) and 6.0 (the newest and the one I use).
- Tested software include:
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- Cricket Paint 1.0,
- Digital Darkroom 1.0,
- FileMaker II 1.0,
- Fontographer 2.3 & 3.0,
- FreeHand 1.0, 2.0 & 2.02,
- FullWrite Professional 1.0,
- HyperCard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.2 & 1.2.5,
- Illustrator 88 1.6, 1.8.3 & 1.9.3,
- ImageStudio 1.5,
- MacDraw II 1.0 & 1.1,
- MacPaint II 1.0,
- MacWrite 5.0,
- MacWrite II 1.0,
- MS Excel 2.2,
- MS Word 4.0,
- Nisus 1.01,
- PageMaker 3.0 & 3.5,
- ReadySetGo! 4.5,
- Streamline 1.1,
- SuperPaint 2.0,
- System 4.2, 4.3, 6.0.2, 6.0.3 & 6.0.4,
- The Art Importer 2.0,
- Wingz 1.0,
- WriteNow 1.0 & 2.0,
- Xpress 2.00, 2.11 & 2.12,
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- and the MonoType Gill Sans font family. Everything printed through
- UltraScript without any problems found, when STARTUP.PS is installed.
- In version 1.1 of STARTUP.PS, code has been added to make UltraScript
- compatible with download fonts created with Fontographer (and others).
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- Notes
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- * When transferring PostScript files from the Mac to the Atari
- (e.g. with Transverter), they should be transferred as text-only
- WITHOUT linefeeds! This is very important, because a Mac
- PostScript file with linefeeds cannot be interpreted correctly by
- any PostScript interpreter (this is not my fault, but due to the
- way Apple writes its PostScript dictionary).
- * Use STARTUP.PS only with Mac files; rename it to something else
- (like STARTUP.PS0) when printing files from Atari applications,
- ESPECIALLY DYNACADD. Otherwise you could get a funny picture
- (this is NOT a bug in STARTUP.PS!).
- * UltraScript can't use true Adobe Type 1 fonts (not yet...),
- because Adobe uses a - previously secret - encryption scheme for
- their fonts. The same is true for other font vendors which market
- Type 1 fonts. So, be sure not to leave any Adobe downloadable
- fonts in the system folder or any folder open to SuitCase II (a
- Font/DA-installer).
- This is a compatibility problem common to all PostScript clones
- which are not licensed from Adobe Systems Inc.; but I'm working
- on it... (no, I'm NOT kidding, folks!)
- * Be sure to use the screen fonts for the LaserWriter, not for the
- ImageWriter: the difference is the correct naming of printer
- fonts. E.g.: if you select Times with a laser font, the printer
- font name will be 'Times-Roman', which is correct; with an
- ImageWriter font, it will be 'Times'. But 'Times' does not exist,
- so a bigger size of the screen font will be used (ImageWriter
- method)...
- * UltraScript has a bug concerning the page size: if you select A4
- size paper on the Mac and A4 (or bigger) in UltraScript, the top
- of the page gets truncated. A3 doesn't work even correctly...
- Solution: keep A4 (or US Letter) as the default page size in
- UltraScript and use US Letter on the Mac. This ensures printing
- the entire page under UltraScript.
- * For best results, use always the newest versions of the
- LaserWriter driver; some Mac programs even require it. Currently,
- you could at best use version 5.2; version 6.0 is only of
- significance for people who have a colour PostScript printer or
- software interpreter (Freedom of Press!). For us UltraScript
- users, it doesn't make a whit of a difference...
- In general, whatever version you use, they all work without any
- problems.
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- Problems
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- If you experience any compatibility problems with STARTUP.PS (should
- be surprising...), please do not hesitate to contact me at the address
- at the end of this documentation. Obviously, I cannot guarantee 100%
- compatibility with all Mac applications...
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- Copyrights
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- Due to its nature - a little text file containing just the PostScript
- source code - STARTUP.PS is placed in the public domain. You may wish
- to copy and distribute it to your heart's content, but with ONE
- restriction: I do own the copyright of the PostScript source and thus
- STARTUP.PS may not be distributed in modified form by anyone without
- my permission. If you have suggestions for source code modifications,
- please contact me first (my address is found at the end of this
- documentation); I will incorporate it into the next version of
- STARTUP.PS. This is in order to prevent a bewildering number of
- different STARTUP.PS versions floating all around the world.
-
- I believe that my program, STARTUP.PS, is an indispensable tool for
- every UltraScript user, thus you could do me a great favour if you
- like to pay a small amount (I suggest minimum Hfl10,-, DM10 or $8) for
- it as a credit of my work. You are absolutely free to do so, because
- STARTUP.PS is in the public domain; but I hope to gain enough money
- this way to buy a genuine PostScript laser printer! I'm just one of
- those hobbyists who try to make a living out of writing programs...
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-
-
- Hubert Nooijen
- Diamantpad 18
- 2628 SC Delft
- The Netherlands
-
- Giro account nr. 1884895 (PostBank)
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- LAST NOTE:
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- It is still possible to create artwork in Aldus FreeHand which
- UltraScript won't print when using STARTUP.PS: those files contain
- text which follows an arbitrary path (normal text placement is O.K.).
- The cause is the range checks performed by STARTUP.PS (for the same
- reason, Canvas files don't appear to work). Unless I've made a
- completely rewritten STARTUP.PS version which circumvents this
- problem, the best you can do is export the file as Encapsulated
- PostScript, add a 'showpage' at the end, and print it through
- UltraScript without the STARTUP.PS file (rename it to something else).
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