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Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT!! Windows PostScript Drivers & Adobe Type Ma... Author:
"Acrobat Talk" <acrobat@blueworld.com> (Dov Isaacs <isaacs@Adobe.COM>)
at FDCNOTESPO
Date: 07/11/2000 1:19 PM


Subject:
ANNOUNCEMENT!! Windows PostScript Drivers & Adobe Type Manager Updates!!
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If you are not generating PostScript in a Windows environment, you may safely
delete this message. Otherwise, please read this message as it contains
information about updated versions of Windows PostScript
Drivers
and Adobe Type Manager that resolve problems previously reported.

================================================================= New versions and packaging of the Adobe PostScript drivers for Windows were
posted on 7/11/2000 on the Adobe web site at

<http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/pdrvwin.htm>

as the Version 1.0.2 Universal Installer. Available in 15 different language
packagings (including Japanese, Korean, Chinese simplified, and Chinese
traditional), it installs AdobePS 4.4.1 under
Windows'95/98,
AdobePS 5.1.2 under Windows NT 4.0, and an updated PSCRIPT.DLL driver under
Windows 2000 (this is the driver that was the result of the
joint
Adobe / Microsoft development effort and with the update, is
functionally
equivalent to AdobePS 5.1.2+). This installer provides the means of
both
updating the driver and creating new printer instances based upon
PPD. (This provides the first such capability under Windows 2000).

Compared to Version 1.0 of the Universal Installer, 1.0.2 contains AdobePS 4.4.1
instead of AdobePS 4.4 for Windows'95/98 as well as installer fixes.

Users of Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 who have already installed version 1.0
will find no new functionality for their systems. However,
they are encouraged to install version 1.0.2 to provide the ability
of Windows'95/98 clients to properly "remotely" install the correct version
AdobePS 4.4.1 driver when accessing print queues on their Windows NT 4 and
Windows 2000 systems.

AdobePS 4.4.1 in conjunction with ATM 4.1.1 (see below) fixes critical problems
associated with use of "base 35" Type 1 fonts, especially
when
the PostScript is destined for distillation with Acrobat Distiller 4.0x.

A new version of Adobe Type Manager Lite for Windows, ATM Lite 4.1.1,
was
posted on 7/7/2000 on the Adobe web site at

<http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/atmwin.htm>.

(NOTE: It is labelled externally as 4.1 ... this is really the 4.1.1 version!)

For users of FrameMaker 6.0 who received ATM Lite 4.1 bundled with
FrameMaker
and are running under Windows'95/98, this is a mandatory upgrade,
along with
AdobePS 4.4.1.

For all other users of AdobePS 4.4.1 for Windows'95/98, ATM Lite 4.1.1 or ATM
Deluxe 4.1.1 is REQUIRED for printing of Type 1 fonts!!!
If you are not currently using Adobe Type Manager or are using a
previous
version of ATM Lite, download ATM Lite 4.1.1 from the above URL and install it
prior to installing AdobePS 4.4.1. ATM Lite is now provided by Adobe at no
charge.

If you are currently using ATM Deluxe 4.0, you may install ATM Lite
4.1.1,
although you will lose the "Deluxe" features. Otherwise, registered
users
of ATM Deluxe 4.0 (for either Windows'95/98 or Windows NT 4) may
purchase
an upgrade to Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.1.1 Upgrade for Windows for US $29.00
by calling 1-800-445-8787. The upgrade is currently shipped
by
mail. Further information about Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.1.1 may be found at

<http://www.adobe.com/products/atm/mainwin.html>


===================================================================AdobePS 4.4.1 FEATURES
================================================================= For Windows'95/98 users, AdobePS 4.4.1 has the following new features and
differences over AdobePS 4.3.1:

(1) A "true gray" feature for text and line art. Under Windows'
imaging
model, black and shades of gray are expressed as colors with equal percentage of
red, green, and blue. The generated PostScript for such black and gray shades
has been done with RGB PostScript instead of grayscale PostScript. This is not
particularly efficient and for some color PostScript printers, resulted not in
black or gray being
printed,
but in "rich black" or "rich gray" being printed ... equal parts of cyan,
magenta, and yellow, possibly mixed with black. The "true gray" feature, if
selected (default is NOT selected), causes the driver to replace all situations
with R=G=B (equal parts of red, green, and
blue)
with the equivalent grayscale value. Use of this new feature with
color
printers (and with generation of PDF files) is most highly recommended.

(2) This driver REQUIRES Adobe Type Manager 4.1.1 if you are printing any Type 1
fonts. ATM is not required if you are only using TrueType fonts.

(3) The "substitution table" and "always use TrueType" font options
have
been replaced by two options ... "Substitute printer fonts for
TrueType
fonts when applicable" and "Do not use printer fonts".

When selected, the first of these options causes TrueType fonts that
are
known to have exact matching metric and style printer equivalents to
be
replaced by use of the printer font ("Times Roman" in the printer substitutes
for "Times New Roman" in the document; "Helvetica" in the printer substitutes
for "Arial" in the document; etc.). When
unselected,
no font substitution occurs.

The second of these options, "Do not use printer fonts" when selected allows you
to effectively bypass any printer-resident font. All text
is
printed with fonts downloaded from the user's computer. This option is useful
when you have any doubt as to what fonts and/or versions of
same
are actually resident on the printer and you must exactly match what
you
have on the host.

===================================================================Adobe Type Manager 4.1.1 FEATURES
================================================================= Adobe Type Manager 4.1.1 adds support for OpenType fonts as well as Type 1 font
support under Windows'95/98 and Windows NT 4. It is
required
for use of the AdobePS 4.4.1 PostScript driver under Windows'95/98
if any Type 1 fonts are used in user documents. Fully Windows 2000- compatible,
ATM 4.1.1 provides support for Type 1 Multiple Master font instances under
Windows 2000. Although Windows 2000 natively supports TrueType, Type 1 and
OpenType fonts, it does NOT natively support Multiple Master font instances!

ATM Lite and ATM Deluxe differ in that ATM Deluxe provides font management
functions (creation of font sets, temporary
disabling/enabling
of individual typefaces or font sets, etc.).

Adobe will be rolling out the "first wave" of OpenType fonts for on-line
purchase within the next week or so.


================================================================= - Dov


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