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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PageSetter program -- query
Message-ID: <1122@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 14:51:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 16 14:51:53 1986
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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> Keywords:
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> Could someone please tell me whether or not PageSetter is available
> *now*, the publisher's address, and how much it costs?

I've got a copy of it, which I picked up at the World of Commodore show
in Toronto.  The company is "The Gold Disk", P.O. Box 789, Streetsville,
Ontario L5M 2C2.  They don't have a US distributer yet last I talked to
them, though you should be able to order direct from them.  Their price
at the show was around $190.00 Canadian, which is probably somewhere around
$150.00 US $$$.  Their number is (416) 828-0913.

> they want to:
> 	1) Use a video camera connected to a frame grabber to digitize
> 	   a photo of the product in question.

No problem, use Digiview, digitize to an IFF image.  You can pull most
IFF images into the PageSetter, I think it normally handles 640x200 or
320x200 images.  There only cover part of a page, though, I've been able
to very easily create a larger image by overlaying smaller sections.  The
program give you very fine control of the position of any image.  

> 
> 	2) Use a "desktop publishing" program to lay out a page for
> 	   the catalog that includes the digital image along with a
> 	   textual description (using different typefaces and sizes).

Should work with no problem at all, here.  PageSetter can use any Amiga
font.  It comes only with the standard Amiga supplied fonts.  But there
are at least 2 commercial font collections (Zuma, one other), plus various
public domain collections that might be useful.  The program will allow
you to adjust the attributes of any font, to result in bold, underlined,
italic, boxed, shadowed, and possibly other styles.  And of course, the
Font Editor in 1.2 can be used to create your own, if you've got any
special needs.

> 	3) Print this on some output device (does NOT have to be a
> 	   LaserWriter...they'd be satisfied with an Epson) to produce
> 	   the output for each page in the manual.

The current PageSetter works with any standard Amiga supported printer, which
basically means anything you can write a Preferences selected driver for.
The Gold Disk folks out at the show were using a laser printer that emulates
an Epson dot-matrix, and its output looked very nice.
> 
> Right now they plan to purchase the ST as soon as this company comes
> out with a new version of their software.

Big mistake, buy the Amiga!

> A reconditioned Amiga from Micro-World (about $1000) combined with the
> Digi-View digitizer and a desk-top publishing program would really
> suit their needs.  If someone supplies me with information about
> PageSetter I might be able to abort the purchase of an ST.

Wanna know anything else, lemme know.  Or call Commodore, in West Chester,
and ask for Dave Haynie if you're in a hurry (though I'm often easier to
reach via computer).

 Mike Portuesi
 Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Science Department

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