NOW I understand. But, being a PM user, what exactly is an error-free postscript file?
Just joking.. Personally, Dan, I prfefer the ads with the girls in them. You should get Photos By Yono back in the magazine... rob Dan Crutcher wrote: > Oh, Marta, don't ever say that (about those flashy full page ads). > They are, indeed, our bread and butter, and our peanut butter and > jelly . . . and the reason why we only charge $18 for a year's > subscription. If nothing else, try to appreciate them for their > layout, photography and other esthetic values. > > As for Quark/Pagemaker, about 10 years ago our printer insisted that > we make the move from Pagemaker to Quark. Quark was much more > advanced in its ability to produce error-free Postscript files, > handle trapping (the art of turning a grid of dots into a clean- > looking dividing line where two different colors meet on a page) and > do several other behind-the-scenes processes that allowed printers to > handle digital files efficiently. > > Quark quickly became the dominant page layout program for magazines, > ad agencies and most of the publishing world. Now, Adobe InDesign > appears to be headed towards that same dominance, partly because > Quark was slow to upgrade to a usable OS X version, and because of > InDesign's built-in compatibility with other Adobe programs like > Acrobat, Distiller, Photoshop and Illustrator. Our October issue will > be the first that we've designed completely in InDesign. If all goes > well, it will be our design platform for the foreseeable future. > > Dan > > >> I am always amazed when I read Dan Crutcher, and then, when I see >> the Louisville Magazine I say to myself : How did they ever do >> this? ( Of course i could do without what is their bread and >> butter, those flashy full page ads!) > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
