[softwarelist] Re: pdf, ovation, risc oss

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          David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>My latest printer is a Postscript 3 device, and that seems to be the
>>norm now.
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> The point about "level 3" is that PostScript level 3 provides a very
> simple solution to many of the horrors in the current Acorn drivers -
> for example rendering sprites with a mask.
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> Even if you don't have a level 3 printer, you might want to generate
> better PDFs.
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> As an aside, in case you think Acorn didn't do a good job, Windows just=

> does not support such things.
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> Things could also be done better outside of level 3.
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> I think such a project would raise enough money to pay the programmer.
> (500 copies at 30 quid a time?)
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> I was in negotiation with Paul Middleton (necessary because you need
> access to the source code of RISC OS) and John Tytgat (PostScript
> expert).
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> So, if anyone fancies themselves as .
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I may not be an entrepreneur but would readily donate =A360

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Alan Leighton (Rev Dr)
Priory Lodge
86b Church Lane, Eston, TS6 9QR

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