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Beth says:
>We work with three printing companies, one of them a big-name copy
> center. They've requested that we submit all our jobs as PostScript
> files -- and this has actually worked out pretty well! They don't need
> to understand a thing about FrameMaker or PageMaker, and they don't
> need to buy all the software packages their customers are using.
>
> Beth Kane
> Tucson, Arizona (too darn hot)
> bkane -at- artisoft -dot- com
Another alternative that has been working fabulously for us is to send
the printer an Acrobat (PDF) file. Give it a shot with a test job first.
We've been extremely satisfied with the results, and the printer loves
it because they don't have to worry about fonts, printer drivers,
yada-yada-yada.
Roy M. Jacobsen
Editor
Great Plains Software
rjacobse -at- gps -dot- com
"Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to
add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away." -- Antoine de
Saint-Exupery
