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PAGESTREAM - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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2.1 is GREAT, however...When I type the curser can't
keep up with me and i'm a slow typist. I'm using a MEGA
4 with T-16 board. I've tried TURBOST  and QUICKST.
Nothing seems help the curser speed. Many times I find
myself several lines ahead of it. Anyone have any
ideas???


 I initially had the same problem with CG Times font
spacing.  But after re-updating the font folder several
times it started working ok and has worked ever since.
Also initially had a problem getting the default font to
stick in document defaults, but after about 4 tries it
finally stuck. GREAT program, 'nuf said.

 The fonts were all Type I's from the DTP library,
listed  as Adobe Type I's for IBM with ATM for Windows.
 BTW...one of the ones in question was CRILLEE.  I
notice that you posted that one on the PGS Library.  Did
you get that from the DTP R?  If so,  what did you do
differently than I in order to get it to work?

Also, do you know if the program(s) from MegaType
(namely FontVerter) would help to take these
"mis-behaving" Type I's from the DTP roundtable and make
them work with PGS?


I think I know which fonts you are talking about in the
DTP RT libraries...If I remember right these are in IBM
format for Windows & ATM....They do not have an .AFM
with them which PgS NEEDS!


I got Ultrascript also to print the PS file created with
2.1 but only if I use the none Compugraphic fonts. is
this correct? I also notice that ADOBE type 1 is the
recommended format to use. Thanks.


 First, a word of caution about IBM fonts:  many of them
do NOT contain AFM files, just windows / ATM PFM files
and these are not the same.
I d/l'ed CRILLEE from DTP (along with 20-30 others) and
had some problems getting it to work, so I went back to
my DMF, FM version created with megatype's TYPE 1
CONVERTER and FONTVERTER combination.  I have had to do
this  conversion to several fonts because they had name
/ number conflicts. If you decide to use MAC type 1's,
you will need a good UNSIT (Mac Archive) utility like
UNSIT v2.4 for the IBM (or PC Emulators) available in
DTP. Also try REFONT for the IBM (also on DTP) to
convert MAC fonts to IBM type 1's OR type 3's.


Sorry for the noise last night. V 2.1 handles  V 1.82
files _perfectly_ as mentioned in the manual.  I'd
presumed that once I'd set a path for the FONTLIST.V2,
Pagestream would be able to find the FONTEQUIV, FONTSS,
and PLUGIN files that were installed at the same path.
Dumb, dumb, dumb!
Read the README! Read the README! Read the README! Read
the README!

Softlogic should take this as a complement.  The program
is sooo intuitive, that I only skim the manuals. (at my
peril it seems). Substituting <HELP> for <UNDO> to stop
printing seems counter-intuitive though.  <DELETE> (from
printer que) would be my first choice.


 Ok, I haven't been able to read all of the messages but
I can't get anything to print through ULtraScript(US).

I have tried printing to disk with these scenarios:

  1) Using the included (2.1) PGS fonts (Letter Gothic,
Artistic,etc) and printing to disk

  2) Printing to disk with an Ultrascript font only...
   all I get in the staus messages is "startng server"
and then it exits    immediately...any similar problems?
Thanks for any input.


 I really suggest that you create all of your text,
except perhaps headlines, outside of PGS and then import
the text. This is MUCH faster than typing into PGS
directly. Use your favorite WProcessor or a desk
accessory text editor such as Steno. Steno and
PageStream make a really nice team.

B.O.B.--I think Fred answered your question. Some of the
IBM fonts in the DTP area do not have AFM files which
PGS needs. That is why I said in the file description of
MACTOIBM.ARC that the program will convert files if all
the parts are there. Once again, d/l fonts from another
RT can be a hit or miss proposition. If you want to make
sure your fonts will work, d/l them only from this RT.
In the coming weeks I will try to convert as many fonts
from the DTP RT as possible and post them here, thus
sparing you the frustration (and $$$) of d/ling
un-convertable fonts.

You should certainly be able to print Compugraphic Fonts
with UScript: I have done this many times. Make sure
that the FONTEQUIV file is in your main PSFONTS folder.
The FONTEQUIV file tells PGS which Compugraphic font
equals which PostScript font (Times = Times, Triumvirate
= Helvetica, etc).

Run PGS and load in the PScript driver, printed to disk.
Save your defaults. Turn off your computer for 10
seconds. Restart, run PGS, make a doc, print to disk,
run UScript and print. BINGO. I have found that if you
load the SLM driver for direct printing that you can not
later print with UScript without a cold boot. You can
run PGS and quit and run UScript as many times as you
like, but if you load the SLM driver and then go back to
UScript to print, UScript will quit without printing. I
have reported this problem to SLogik. Let me know if
this works for you.


 About the slow curser...something. A frind of mine
across town has 2.1. We were talking on the phone last
night. I discribed my slow curser and he said he could
not out-tyope his curser, no matter how fast he typed
the curser kept up with him. He was running TURBOST 1.8
as an ACC, I  suggested that he REMOVE it. He did, and
then, the curser in 2.1 could not keep up with his
typing. He INSTALLED TURBOST 1.8 again and his curser
was still slow. He's not real happy, he's tried changing
the order of his AUTO  folder and still his curser is
slow. I know that in 1.8 I could not out- e my curser.
AND...He knows before he REMOVED TURBOST his typing was
fast. Got any Ideas so he won't be mad with me??? :-)

Also, is anybody having trouble filling text. I am, some
times only part of a word will fill???


I'm having trouble with all fonts. The new version is on
Drive G. My font directory setup follows the example
shown on Page 6 of the QuickStart Guide.  I have gone
into the Set/Save Paths and indicated Drive G:\ for the
various folders.  When I open the Font Manager, I see in
the left window: B:\FONTS BB:\FONTS\PGSFONTS A:\CTIMES
A:\CSTRIUM A:\GARAMOND

I first thought that these A's and B's referred to
Drives, but they are identified as folders above the
box.

If I try to load a font, I get a request to insert the
proper disk. Where did I go wrong?  Thanks


I got all fonts to work except Times, Triumvirate, and
Garamond. (BTW - the only fonts and folders on my new
drive are the ones that came with 2.1. When I try to use
Times or Triumvirate I get a strike- over effect where
about six or seven letters will appear on top of each
other.

While you're at it, how can I use my existing fonts for
1.8 which are on Drive D together with those that are on
Drive G.  Thanks.



Thanks. I tried your suggestion about not running the
slm driver first and it worked. although this is a most
inconvenient work-around. Thanks much for the quick
reply!

Can Type 1's be used alone or mixed with Ultra fonts and
be printed through UltraScript? I am understanding that
only Type 3's can be printed through Ultra as they are
unhinted...


Nevin--thanks for digging in and answering these
questions here in the early stages. when trying to fill
a word/sentence, etc., whast is the attribute
assigned to them?  (Block left, Center, Block Right,
etc., etc.)  Before you try to fill .... is EVERYTHING
highlighted or is it a text object and your trying to
fill it as a <Document - BLOCK> ?


 I've been trying to fill the word DESIGN with a 40%
fill. Using Mircographic Bold 30pt. as a text object,
Highlight the work with the curser and only the DE would
change to a fill the SIGN was still black. I tried
different fill patterns, and only the DE would change???


Font Manager Problems:  First, select drive G: under
set/save paths and also find your FONTS folder which
will contain the FONTEQIV, etc... files and save this
path as default.  Second, enter the font manager and
REMOVE all the folder listings.  Third, using the ADD
function, add the folders containing  the fonts that you
want (since you get the item selector, simply select a
different drive if you have folders that you want to
load...pagestream will keep them straight.)  Last, once
you have all the folders added, select default under the
manager and then you're off...

BTW, My fonts are spread out pretty far (PageStream DMF
fonts on drive D, FontBank Postscript fonts on I (all of
I), and some other postscript fonts are on K.


OK, I got my fonts operating properly and things seem to
be working well. I am impressed with the speed with
which PGS2 prints to disk; the screen fonts are
excellent for the CS, PGS and TYPE 1 fonts.  The file
manager process is now understood.  Thanks for the great
program. A minor difficulty I am having is that to use
Ultrascript, I need to save to disk with a file extender
of .PS - is there a way to make PGS2 default to this
extender instead of the .DOC that now shows. In PGS18 it
defaulted to .PS.  Any assistance appreciated.  Thanks
to those for their assistance in solving my problems.


More weirdenss.  I've DL'd the last 2 ARC's of Adobe's
that were posted here.  I have screen and printer
supoort from all of them BUT...I'm still having kerning
pair problems.

Of the 7 typefaces in the ARC's, I can't call
up/edit/add any kerning pairs to Nordic, Caligula or
Manzania.  The .AFM file for all 3 UnARC'd ok, and I've
tried Updating the folder where they exist in several
times, but to no avail...I stil can't get  kerning pairs
for these 3. Any idea what gives?


Just received 2.1, WOW...  The manual is what everyone
has been saying, great job.  I'm having a slight
problem, text isn't accepted properly whether it's
imported or typed.  The characters all type on top of
each other with no spacing inserted.  This happens when
I try to import text or type it myself... Can't imagine
what I'm doing wrong, guess I'll have to look in the
manual - just seemed strange.


In addition to described don't forget to add the FONTS
folder path to the font manager folder listings.  Look
carefully at the very first item on the folders list in
the dialog box on page 8.5 to see what I mean.  I
overlooked adding this at first and got the same results
you described, with all the letters 'piling on' on top
of one another!)   :-)


 How did you get 1.8 to default to a .PS extension when
printing to disk...?  Never did it for me.


Can anyone tell me how to get ABF screen fonts to use
with PGS 2.1?  I looked in the DTP on Compuserve and
found screen fonts for the Mac but when I unSIT them
they're huge files, about 120K. Hmmm, I say to  myself,
this can't be right! Secondly, if I ever did find some
ABF files could I use them, along with AFM files to make
use of my Ultrascript fonts? BTW, 2.1 looks great to me.


 Most mac ABF's contain several fonts / sizes (i.e.
8,9,10,12,14,18,24 etc...)
I have been trying to find out what needs to be done to
these to get them to where they can be used on the ST.


I have used many of the postcript type 1 fonts from the
SL area, but I find that, while they'll all print
beautifully to my Deskjet or HP Laserjet, not all of
them will print to my Apple Laserwriter II NT in
postscript mode. Usually its the fancier ones that won't
print. Anyone else had this problem?


  I have come across a problem in Pagestream 2.1.  I was
using the Mathematics font from Softlogik and had a
stray line when I printed. I then noticed if if viewed
the screen so that the outlines instead of the bitmap
was drawn on the screen, the line also appeared.  After
a little trial and error, I found it to be the letter h
(lowercase). It was totally repeatable.  I went into
Pagestream 1.8 and attempted to duplicate the problem.
When I printed out the word Math in the Mathematics
font, no line.  Went back to 2.1, new doc, typed the
word Math in the Mathematics font (same point size both
times), and the line was there again!  Can anyone else
repeat this, and if so, is there a fix (are you
listening, Jay? <grin>).....

 I'm having difficulty getting macros to work.  Seems
like PgS is only recognizing the ESC command and nothing
after it.  If I press the function key for a recorded or
typed macro, the ESC (\E) is recognized and PgS ignores
anything after it - unless I enter the rest manually.
Is there a workaround? Thanks for the info...suddenly my
life with PageStream seems MUCH simpler!


 Something unusual is happening when printing to my
SLM605 - about a half inch down from the top of the page
everything shifts over slightly, making the page
unusable.  It doesn't seem to happen when printing any
other way so I am assuming it's the printer driver that
came with PgS 2.1.  Has this happened to anyone else or
do I have a bad driver...?  It doesn't happen on >every<
page, but does occur often.


  I have the SLM804, It has the same problem. Soft Logik
Knows of the problem, and there is a fix on the way.


Something unusual is happening when printing to my
SLM605 - about a half inch down from the top of the page
everything shifts over slightly, making the page
unusable.  It doesn't seem to happen when printing any
other way so I am assuming it's the printer driver that
came with PgS 2.1.  Has this happened to anyone else or
do I have a bad driver...?  It doesn't happen on >every<
page, but does occur often.


 I have no idea how to help you with the Turbo ST
problem. I hope your friend doesn't kill you! <grin>


UltraScript does not support Type 1 fonts, so you can
not print them through UScript. If you try you will get
an UltraScript error message.


Your fill pattern bug is a known bug. I think it will
print correctly, it just does not look right on screen.
Deron knows about this one.


I will try those fonts. In the manual it states that you
can not save kerning pairs for Type 1 fonts, but you
should be able to load them in (to do a batch kern) or
create pairs for use at one session. I'll look into it.
B.O.B. I'm back again. Those fonts don't have any
defined pairs (not all fonts do, you know) but I had not
difficulty in selecting the font and making as many
pairs as I wanted and then doing a batch kern. Remember,
you can't save these kerning pairs (you can save KPairs
only to PGS fonts) but you can add them for use in one
session, or whatever. Hopefully in the future you will
be able to save kerning pairs for Type 1 fonts.


Make sure that the PLUGIN.TYP and FONTEQIV files are in
your main PSFONTS folder (the one that appears in the
Set/Save Paths in the Global menu bar). Click on Default
and rerun PGS. The fonts piling on top of eachother
means that these files are in the wrong place.

If it's "the fancier ones" (Type 1 fonts) which won't
print to your Apple Laserwriter, perhaps your printer
does not have enough memory? I printed DavysRibbons to a
QMS 410 without any problems.

Many macros with ESC do not work. This is a known and
high priority bug.

SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!!!!! <grin> --Nevin

 Nevin, my 2.1 seems slow. would you try this for
me...Load FONTSPEC.TEM off the distribution disks and
see how long it takes to load. I took me 40 sec. for the
screen to start drawing and then 2 min.10 sec. for the
screen to finish drawing. A total of 2 min. 50 sec. to
load FONTSPEC.TEM. Should it take that long to load? I
have a MEGA 4 with T-16 board.


I'm going to try to reply to as many messages as
possible, but some of my answers may overlap previous
answers, so bear with me.

CVG import is on the wishlist.

overscan, oh well, sorry. Time for that new monitor...

Help is used to stop printing, not Undo. This is for
Amiga/ Atari compatibility. The Amiga is lacking a few
essential keys.

CS Triumvirate is exactly the same width as Adobe Helv,
and CS Times is the exact... The CS designates a
PostScript equivalent width Compugraphic font. One
designated with a CG (ie: CG Univers) is not equivalent
to the Adobe font metric.

Be careful buying fonts which say ATM compatible, or
Windows compatible, they might not have the necessary
AFM/PFB combo. Check first.

There are some problems with CG fonts on non-PS
printers. Like vertical lines through the letters. If
you experience this, and can figure out why it happens
sometimes and not others, let us know! :) BTW, wasn't
there a readme file on the disks? There was supposed to
be. Gee, I have to be there to make sure this stuff gets
done.

No, you cannot add or remove points from poly objects.

That reference to the supplied utility should have been
deleted from the Atari edition. SL didn't translate the
utility since there is a good PD one already. It's in
the libraries here.

Font Manager: you must click on Default to save the
fontlist for the next time!

The Printer.TXT file was not updated. Tsk, tsk. Oops.
Anyway, now you just use the PostScript driver for all
your PostScript needs, including Imagesetting and color
lasers. (For color output, type Color into the text
field in the Configure Printer dialog box.

Some macros are broken. Sorry, it slipped by.

The reason you couldn't get JT or JO to work with 1.8 is
that was a typo (my fault). It has always been esc TT
and TO. Oops.

Soft-Logik will not be selling anymore CG fonts at this
time. You should call Agfa Compugraphic and ask for CG
fonts on PC 3.5" 720K disks.

Yes, 1.8 docs are translated into 2.1 docs the instant
you open them. After that they should work fine.

No, the PS/PSF files won't confuse 2.1. It will save a
second in creating the PS download files (it does take a
few extra seconds) but you'll be wasting all that hard
drive space.

No, you don't need the PS/PSF files for any purpose at
all. Just keep the ones which came with 2.1 (for Times,
Trium and Gara) to make them work with PS printers.
You'll need them for any other CG fonts you buy. (they
are only available for the standard 35 fonts.) Other CG
fonts won't print to PS (not that you'd be buying CG
fonts if you had a PS printer.)

Do you have the set/save paths for fonts set to drive E
as well?

You must have {SF files for any fonts not to be
downloaded. Unfor- tunately, if you have both the
PFB/AFM installed, it will download them anyway. You
have to remove the PFB (put them in a separate path and
remove with font managaer) and then add a PSF to say
it's internal. Complicated, I know. Maybe next time.

You need to buy Font Disk A if you want screen fonts for
Palatino and Dingbats. You can't get outlines to screen
with them, unless you buy the PlusPack (more money). You
can't get outlines for the US Lucida series.

don't keep extra fonts loaded. PageStream will let you
type faster if there are less fonts loaded! Try this:
load 150 fonts. Now type a few Times 12 roman. They
switch to Times 12 italic, a few letters, and back to
roman. It crawls. Now try the same thing with 15 fonts.
It is much faster.

You can use any Soft-Logik format font: ie: Soft-Logik,
FontAbility, FontFactory, Magnetic IMages, Safari,
Palumbo... You can use your US fonts exactly like
before.


If you can't print at all to the SLM printer, disable
the Diablo emulator (uninstall it.) It seems to conflict
right now.


Yes, the Printers.TXT file is old. I'll have it changed.

 Yes I know deinstalling it is a pain, but for now it's
the only workaround.

Yes, character spacing other than 0 in 1.8 docs seems to
come in screwed. Hmmmm...

Software accelerators such as QuickST and TurboST have
no effect on desktop publishers other than in drawing
scroll bars and opening dialog boxes. That's all. If the
T16 isn't fast enough for you, sorry, you'll have to ask
Santa for a TT.

Yes, the program is easier to use for a complete novice.
So much has changed since 1.8 that old users don't find
the changes in the manual and then get stuck. Should
have had a big "what's new" section.

Once again, TurboST will have NO effect on cursor speed.
Try installing fewer fonts as per my earlier statement
somewhere else in this message.

Just add them with the font manager. Click on Add, open
the folder and then click on OK. Then select Default.

No Type 1's with UltraScript. Type 3's are broken right
now.

You can only edit kerning pairs for Soft-Logik format
fonts. you can try to edit the kerning pairs for others,
but they won't save. Sorry.

You don't have the fontequiv, fontss and plugin.typ
files properly installed. you must add whatever path
they are in to the font manager.

Mac fonts don't come with ABF screen fonts. I'm not sure
how the Mac2IBM converter works for the ST. Actually,
I'm not so sure how it works for the Amiga either.

Fontspec takes forever to load because it switches tags
between every other character. It's slow even on my 030.
Like forever and a half.

You got the wrong manual! Tsk, tsk, I don't know how
shipping did that, the Amiga ones are all on the shelves
while the Atari ones are still in boxes. (unless someone
like me went through and messed them up!)

You can't cancel out of a font selection box. You have
to find the font. If you really screw things up and need
to trash the fontlist, just delete the fontlist.v2 file
from the drive and reinstall your fonts.


 Charlie - have you tried installing Pinhead...?
 Yes, I have Pinhead 1.8, thanks.

Nevin, I have a MEGA4, T-16, (with t-20 in the mail),
Mono monitor, and Supra 44 removable. I've found that if
I remove my 16 font suitcases and leave in only the 3 CS
font suitcases, the document loads in 12 sec. If the
document is only using CS Times, why do the other
suitcases slow down load time, screen redraws, and
curser movement so much. It sould only be looking for
times, not my other 255 fonts??? :-)


I understand that the program can only load & not save
kerning pairs for Adobes.  What I want to know is why
even when I have an XXXXXXXX.AFM for MOST of the Adobes
I've DL'd, the program refuses to recognize them.  When
I go to "Set Kerning Pair" under the Globals, and click
on various fonts, only a few of the Adobe ones will then
"read in" and register in the scroll selector on the
right hand side of te screen.  I know that many of the
Adobes I've DL'd have predefined K-Pairs defined...they
have a file called "FontName.AFM" in the ARC file.  They
UnArc fine...I can load the AFM into MemFile and read
the contents of the header which states that it's a
kerning file...the bulk of the file is pairs of
letters...etc.

  It walks like an AFM and quacks like an AFM, but why
won't PGS read it in and USE it as a kerning pair?


I am confused.  In your answers, you first stated "no,
you don't need the PS/PSF files for any purpose at all."
 Then you state "you must have PSF files for any fonts
not to be downloaded"  Could you please clear this up.
Right now it is clear as mud as to which of my old files
I should trash....

 I am trying to use fonts from corel draw converted to
type 1 by corel's .WFN boss converter. These fonts have
.AFM files but PS2.1 still will not see them. Any other
Windows users out there with Corel Draw? I can't figure
this one out! Also-- ordered my TT today.


I have not heard of the horizontal line problem. Are you
using anything funky in your AUTO folder or DA slot? I
haven't heard of this problem even once. Do the
horizontal lines appear on ANY doc that you scroll
around on or only on 1 doc. If it is only on 1 doc you
might want to upload it for me or Fred or Jim to take a
look at.


I am having a problem with 2.1.  Here is what I did.
First I opened a new document using the defaults.  Next
I selected a type 1 font (in this case, Richard Murray).
I typed in a sample line "This is Richard Murray font".
Next I configured the printer to Postscript, selected
the print to disk option, and then printed the document
to a file called TEST.PS.  I then exited PGS and ran
Ultrascript.  I configured ultrascript to my printer
(Using EpsonFX, highest resolution) and selected TEST.PS
to print.  I then got the following lines in the status
window..

%%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: if ]%% %%[
Flushing: rest of job (to end of file) will be ignored
]%% %%[ Status: end of file ]%%

The original file I was trying to print had EPS
graphics, which is why I wanted to preview through
Ultrascript on a dot matrix, but by process of
elimination, I found it to be the type 1 font, as all
the EPS by themselves printed fine through ultrascript.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks....


 Yes, PGS 2.1 will work with Type 3 fonts and
UltraScript. Your problem is converting Type 1 fonts to
Type 3 so you can use UScript. I am not sure which
program will do this.

 You hit the nail on the head. UltraScript does not
support Type 1 fonts. Thus you can not use Richard
Murray through UScript. In your case, if the EPS file is
and Adobe Illustrator file import it using the
Illustrator import module, and then print the whole
thing directly through the SLM without using UScript. If
the EPS is not an Illustrator file then you will have to
print the EPS through UScript, and the Richard Murray
through the SLM directly.

Or, you could buy a nice TI or QMS or NEC PostScript
printer..!


If you MUST use Ultrascript, then here is what you need
to convert Type 1 fonts to native PageStream fonts (Type
3's) using an Atari ST.

MegaType's Type 1 'Converter Program (commmercial)
MegaType's Fontverter Program (commercial)

OR Font Designer Plus (commercial) Fontverter
(commercial)

The procedure is to start with an Adobe Type 1 font. If
it is in IBM Type 1 format proceed to the next step. If
it is in Mac Type 1 format you must first convert it to
IBM Type 1 format using Megatypes MACTOIBM.PRG (public
domain).

Using TYPE 1 Converter or Font Designer +, convert the
Type 1 (AFM and PFB) into an .ECF file (editable
computer font). Next, convert the .ECF to .DMF and .FM
using FontVerter. Load these files into PageStream 2.1
and go!

If you want to get fancy you could load the DMF's into
PGSFE87.PRG (shareware) and create 12H, 14H, and 24H
screen fonts, although they are not absolutely
necessary.

 The horizontal line thing has happened with a few docs
- I have MultiDesk, STeno, HotWire Startup, Item
Selector, and CPX Control Panel installed.


 I have the same stuff in my setup except the CPX's. By
scrolling around do you mean just scrolling around
(left, right, up and down) or do you mean zooming in to
incredible magnifications? I have seen some CG fonts
break up when you zoom in to 1500% or so. Other than
that, I have not seen your problem nor heard others
complain of it.

I need some help re the Font Manager.  I have a number
of font files from various sources (SL, US, MI, etc.)
and after reading the comments got them all working on
PS2.  I even printed them out as sample pages for my own
reference so I would know that they worked both in
screen and in printing to Ultrascript (PS) of the
SLM804. I have just rebooted my PS2 to do some work and
tried to access  certain fonts but they did not appear
on the screen.  I updated all font folders, rebooted,
tried deleting font folders not required, but to no
avail.  The fonts requested, that I had printed
previously did not appear on the screen. The only thing
done in the meantime, is to try some IBM Type 1 Fonts
downloaded from a local BBS - some of which were
successful, some not. I am at a loss to reason why I
cannot now get fonts to appear that I have printed and
worked with successfully previously. Qyestion: is the
Font Manager stable?  Should some fonts be loaded in a
particular order?  Do the PgStrm Font numbers clash with
IBM T1 fonts? If anyone can give guidance, it would be
appreciated.  Thanks in advance for any assistance.

 I have now used PGS2.1 extensively on my Mega STE and
have printed to an Apple Laserwriter II NT(postscript)
and HP Laserjet II and Deskjet Plus printers, all
without problems.  My Laserwriter is hooked up to the
serial port at 9600 baud.  Only problem I've had is that
certain fancy Type 1 fonts won't print to the
Laserwriter, although they print beautifully to the
Laserjet and deskjet.  Maybe I'm running out of memory
on the Laserwriter.  By the way, the program FPRINT.PRG
speeds up printing to the Laserjet and Deskjet by about
a factor of four!

By scrolling around I meant up-down-left-right, when
scrolling I experience the problems I mentioned with
type.  Object pile-up occurs when zooming, it regularly
happens when I click on '200%'.  Guess I'll have to wait
until the next update and hope it fixes whatever is
wrong - any word on when that will be?


I'm having problems printing in Landscape mode with the
supplied Compugraphic fonts.  Using 24 pt. the
characters seem to print about  twice as high and half
as wide as they should.  Large point sizes  (150+)
sometimes don't even print at all.  The PGS fonts and
what  PS1 fonts I've tried seem to work fine.  I'm using
an Alps Allegro 24  printer and the EPSONQ 24-pin v2.0.1
driver.  Any suggestions?

EOFəure out why it happens
sometimes and not others, let us know.


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