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Imagen Corp's PC Publisher Kit provides a page description language for laser printers based on the Canon LBP-CX or SX engine that works with Ventura Publisher and with Pagemaker. PC Publisher Kit's list price of $1,895 ($1,995 for the Laserjet Series II) includes five scalable fonts. Imagen sells an additional eight fonts at a cost of $149.95 each. Tests against PostScript on an 8-page PC Pagemaker document and a 72-page Ventura Publisher document show PC Publisher Kit twice as fast as PostScript in printing the Pagemaker document and 20 to 50 percent faster in printing the Ventura Publisher document. Other advantages include easy hardware and software installation. Disadvantages are the inability to incorporate Encapsulated PostScript graphics into the document and the fact that few applications currently make use of PC Publisher Kit's advanced features.

Author: Rodrigues, Gene
Publisher: Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1988
Text processing software

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Clones: the PostScript impersonators

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PostScript language interpreters are being used by printer vendors and sold as clones of the Adobe PostScript-based products. Thirteen clones, of which four were Macintosh compatible, are compared to each other and also to Adobe products. Only three units were considered adequate and less-expensive substitutes: La Cie's Panther, Jasmine's Direct Print, and for the PC, Eicon Technologies' Eiconscript. The clones for the Mac were the only ones that could compete with Adobe PostScript-based machines for speed. The Eiconscript had a problem with handling graphics in that gray-shaded graphics printed solid black. The other reviewed PC products were inferior to Eiconscript in speed and cost-effectiveness. Although some were cheaper, they were also much less capable.

Author: Weibel, Bob, Kobler, Helmut
Publisher: Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
Directories, Boards/Cards, DTC Data Technology Corp., Everex Systems Inc. Abaton Div., Conographic Corp., Conographic ConoDesk 6000 (Circuit board), Princeton Publishing Labs Inc., Jasmine Technologies Inc., Eicon Technology Corp., Lasersmith Inc., Destiny Technology Corp., Raster Image Processing Systems, La Cie Ltd., QUME, Destiny Technology PageStyler II (Printer accelerator/adapter), Abaton Technology Postcard Plus (Circuit board), Princeton Publishing Labs PS-388 Accelerator (Graphics board), Raster Image Processing Systems Image 4000 (Circuit board), Eicon Technology EiconScript (Circuit board), Lasersmith PS-415 (Computer printer), Qume CrystalPrint Publisher (Computer printer), Jasmine Technologies Direct Print (Computer printer), La Cie Panther PDX (Computer printer), Abaton Technology QuickStep (Computer printer), Abaton Technology Postcard (Computer printer)

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When speed is what you're after

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The Lastermaster CAPCard printer controller board provides a significant speed boost to Ventura Publisher or PC Pagemaker users, and offers many of the PostScript special effects and font scaling that graphic designers need. The $1,395 CAPCard requires 640Kbytes and a hard disk. The card comes in two versions, one for the Canon SX engine printer and another for the Canon CX engine printer. Users will need additional hardware, depending on which card they require. Font upgrades are also available. The CAPCard is particularly recommended for Pagemaker users and publishers who use Windows- or GEM-based programs and who rely heavily on 300-dpi laser printers, although it cannot be used to print EPS graphics.

Author: Rodrigues, Gene
Publisher: Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1988
Desktop publishing software, Hardware Selection, Controllers, DTP Software, LaserMaster Corp., Lasermaster Capcard (Circuit board)

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Subjects list: Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Product information, Printers, Imagen, Imagen PC Publisher Kit (Circuit board)
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