MacWorld 9201 January 1992

Computer | Graphics Getting More from Your Mac 24-BIT MONITORS MW LAB |26 Products Tested Picking the Best of 8 DRAW PROGRAMS Understanding -Generated EP eric Algo GRAPUICS Everyone agrees that the Typist” is the best thing that ever happened to hand scanners. The ability to read words and numbers easily and ccurately really makes a difference when you're pressed for time. Or like most people you simply hate to type. th the Fypist you can scan almost any document just like you were typing it yourself; into just about any PC compatible or Macintosh® word processor, spreadsheet or database. ing then that the so quickly become the Typist ha: hand seanner of choice when it comes to OCR. The clear standard. So you might say that the writing was already on the wall, and it only a matter of time before the Typist allowed you to sean and edit graphics as well. That’s why Caere® Corporation created the Typist Plus Graphics”, the hand seanner that adds yet another dimension by allowing you to scan and enhance photos, artwork and illustrations with incredible ease and accuracy. fF | EW "inda G “fro The Typis your be: ajor innovation called the Graphic Editor”, which creates full tor images — 256 shades of gray — in software. You can display grayscale images up to the full capacity of your screen; modify and edit in either gre le mode for photographs, or black and white mode for line drawings; and later output in picture perfect form. In fact, when it comes to printed output, the Typist Plus includes LaserGray”, yet another proprietary technology from Caere. So you can print halftones that look just like grayscale images. The photos that you modify on-screen have a crisp, sharper look and feel. A profes- sional touch. Just think of what the addition of pic! for your busin Use the Typist Plus Graphics to capture photos that you can in- corporate into you' i busin Scan company logos and place directly onto your stationary, invoices or slide presentations. You can add graphics to all of your Macintosh desktop published documents, including training manual presentations or reports. even invitations to company events. f : nd graphi in one intuitive and easy-to-use hand scanner. arn more about the Typist Plus and how it ¢ the Complete Recognition Company. For more information: Call: 1-800-535-SCAN Write: Caere Corporation 100 Cooper Court Los Gatos, CA 95030 Gray are ive companies, ditor a1 oration. Graphi of their respe “trademarks a Circle 73 onreader service card To get the most out of this box, Now that you've had the good sense _ that helps you accomplish everyday tasks to put a Macintosh in, may we suggest —_ with ease (perhaps that’s why it’s the most something sensible to putin your Mac? _ popular word processor around). The Microsoft Office. The essential Microsoft Excel, the spreadsheet tool set designed to work the way youdo. that makes calculating, charting and other What exactly does that mean? It powerful functions possible with just the means you get four of the most functional _ click of a mouse. business programs ever to light up a Mac Microsoft PowerPoint, the program screen, all in one specially priced box. that lets you create truly impressive slides, There's Microsoft Word, software overheads and audience handouts. “The Mir Office contains for asnae Maintash or PC werstaton vein of Maik Micra Mal soe stare mst e purchased scarcely and ntl on a Mantas workation on he mtr. © 1991 Mires Corporation. Al rights reser nd ce recede of pe Copter a. an ae eee i” you need to get this box. The Microsoft. Office Esse in productivity applicatio Wey veg © Elecmonic mail Microsoli Word soft Excel And Microsoft Mail; the friendly, efficient route for office communications. All four have been thoughtfully designed, with features like outlining in Microsoft Excel and Word, style sheets, shared user dictionaries, mail integration and templates. Which may explain why each of these applications is a leader in its category. And what's more, the price for The Microsoft Office has never been better. So now that you have the computer that has everything going for it, get it every- thing it needs to get going. For more information, call (800) 541-1261, Department W71. Or stop by your Microsoft reseller today. Microsoft ined nthe USA. Inthe 50 United States, all (800) 541-2261, Dept W71. In Canada, call(800) 563-9048 Outside the United States and Canada, eal (206) 936: 8661. Microsoft ond PowerPwint are reystred trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosk CORRE EN TS On the Cover With the advent of powerful draw pro- grams, 24-bit color, desktop mapping, and color calibration tools, Mac graphics has become serious business. (Photo by Paul Franz: -Moore,) In News RasterOps intro- its first printer, the 24-bit- duce color CorrectPrint 300, page 107. 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Some will say it’s being able to run a batch of commands by commit- ting unnatural acts with your keyboard, such as typing something like: find \(-namea.out -o-name"*.o'\)-atime +7 -exeerm [ }\ Most Macintosh users would disagree. Greater efficiency and increased con- venience should not mean learning different and unfriendly language. The System 7 team knew that, too, when they opened the door fora more efficient Macintosh environment. An Alias By Any Other Name If you have System 7, you’ve probably already discovered aliases, An alias looks like a copy of a document, but it’s really just a tiny file (about 1 to 2K in size) that directs your Macintosh to the original document. Aliases come in handy when you want quick access to programs or documents located deep inside your hard disk, Make an alias and place it right on your desktop, or even in the Apple Menu folder (in which case the alias is listed in your Apple menu). A Step Beyond The release of System 7 has sparked the appearance of utilities designed specifically for its powerful capabilities. One of these is Kiwi™ POWER WINDOWS, the first com- prehensive window and document management tool. It offers a sophisticated and flexible window placement system that helps you maximize your use of available screen space in all your applications. It also features a document management system that takes the alias concept intoa new dimension, Work Sets: The Next Frontier The Kiwi POWER WINDOWS docu- ment management system is based on an idea called Work Sets. If you're a “power user” and use aliases, you'll love Work Sets. Like an alias, Work Sets are tiny files which can reside anywhere on your hard disk. But instead of referring to a single file, Work Sets represent a group of files and their associated windows. 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Clegg Accounting/Facilities Manager Michelle Reyes Financial Analyst Madolaine Buckingham . Founder David Bunnell Founding Editor Andrew Fluegelman 1943~1985 The Evolution of CAD From ane heainping of time, Now step into the 21st Century... : man has tried to ; himself through Srabhic. DesignCAD 2D/3D The OUer or ‘New 5. 0 ide Available In the beginning man had to use primitive tools for creating graphic designs. * Fall 20. drafting Precision: » Auto tsometric Viewing sociative Dimensioning Tolerance options Arrowhead “choices | In the 15th Century * design tools were quill ink pens and crude styles of paper. “Support.” * Fast Smooth ap. Shading in ‘any. view * Specular By the 18th Century man had advanced to Highlighting : the drafting table “Real-Time Rotation with the T-squares «Unified Bi-Cubic . ‘ , surface geometry, CASS Automatic. slide rules, precision ink pens and the dreaded eraser. 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SuperMac” delivers all this and more in a single card — our Spectrum/8*24" PDQ. Spectrum/8*24 PDQ gives you workstation- class performance, a choice of accelerated 8-bit or 24-bit graphics, and almost twice the 8-bit price/ performance of the Apple® 8°24 GC. The reason? Innovative chip design that attains the top achievable speed from the most-used graphics routines in applications like Virtual Desktop” of up to an eight-foot square workspace. All for only $1,399 That's hundreds of dollars less than its closest competitor. Making Spectrum/8*24 PDQ your best buy for color-publishing and prepress applications. Protect Your Investment Spectrum/8*24 PDQ also comes with the longest warranty in the industry — five years. You may never have a problem because SuperMac engi- mid Spectrun{8e24 PDQ si PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Photoshop; : a neers its products for _ A Eales quality and reliability, But With Spectrum/8*24 PDQ driving your large- if you do, you can count screen 19" or 21" displays, 8-bit color-publishing and prepress _on full protection, for free! applications literally race across the screen, It also delivers 24-bit graphics on 12" and 13" color displays. And to speed your work along, Spectrum/8*24 PDQ provides advanced features like hardware pan and zoom and a , SUPERIMIAC. nears ‘The SuperSource for Color To experience SuperMac power, price, and protection for yourself, call today for the location of your nearest Authorized SuperMac Reseller — 1-800-334-3005. Circle 88 on reader service card 1991 SuperMac Technology. All rights reserved. SupeeMac, Super: Photoshop and Ilustrator are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorpora ‘Mac Technology. Macintosh and Appie are riser wctive holders, Price based on Suggested Retail Pri smacks of Apple Comptes may’ vary depending upon +24, and Virtual Desktop are trademarks ofS product names are the trademarks of v MACBULLETIN The Future of Groupware The use of electronic mail as the transportation backbone for multiuser software is increasing. To make life easier for developers, Lotus Development, Apple, and IBM are working on a programming standard called Open Mail Interface. Any OMI-com- pliant E-mail will provide the hooks programmers need to use E-mail for such applications as office calendars, even across multiple E-mail systems and operating systems. Developers can contact Ted Reall at Lotus, 617/693-4610, Apple Announces Groupware Platform Apple’s recently announced Open Collaboration Environment will provide a set of tools for third- party developers to use in developing E-mail and other applications that depend on sending messages back and forth. The OMI-compatible tools (sce previous bulletin), which will be incorporated in an upgrade to System 7, provide messaging, direc- tory services, and privacy and security controls. Apple said it will describe specific products early in 1992. It is not clear whether Apple will mar- ket end-user software or stick to providing tools for other developers Adobe Chip Makes Printers Real-Time Adobe Systems has designed a chip that makes PostScript text imaging so fast that the limiting fac- tor when printing text will be the rated engine speed of the printer—at last. Called the Adobe Type 1 Coprocessor, the chip contains Adobe's standard font-rendering algorithms, which run much faster on the chip than the usual rendering in software. Adobe expects third-party vendors to offer printers that use the chip sometime in the first half of 1992. The company said it is also working on coproces- sors that will accelerate other parts of PostScript. HP Cuts Price of DeskWriter Hewlett-Packard has reduced the list price of its popular DeskWriter monochrome ink-jet printer from $729 to $599. Contact HP at 800/752-0900. Apple Announces ISDN Board Apple will ship in November its ISDN NB Card, a NuBus board that interfaces with the Integrated Ser- vices Digital Network (ISDN). ISDN is a public wide- area network that's an emerging standard for local and international exchange of voice, video, data, MACWORLD + JANUARY 1992 graphics, and other forms of information. ISDN can transmit up to 64Kbps. Apple’s board will list for $1099. Contact your Apple dealer. Piece of a PIM Multiple: Mastor From two of the early developers of FileMaker comes In Control, a to-do list for managing appointments and deadlines that eschews the calendar interface and contact list of similar products. In Control dis- plays information in a multiple-column outline for- mat that can be sorted by priority or urgency and sifted through with a variety of searching tools and calculations. It lists for $129.95. For more informa- tion, call Attain Software at 617/547-2188. iropped the prices of some of its most popular PostScript printers by 6 percent to 22 per- cent. The QMS-PS 410, QMS-PS 815, and QMS-PS 825 printers, which can sense whether an incom- ing file is PostScript or PCL, now list for $2395, $3995, and $4695, respectively. Those three print- ers have been the subjects of controversy because of problems that QMS says are solved in new units, and because of differences between the PostScript on their controllers and other versions of PostScript (see MacBulletin, Macworld, November 1991). The QMS-PS 810’s new list price is $3495, while the ColorScript 100 Model 10 now goes for $8495. Contact QMS at 205/633-4300. pefaces Announced Adobe rocked the world of type last spring when it announced a new technology called Multiple Mas- ter typefaces, which can incorporate a range of user- controllable attributes such as bold and italic in one typeface. Adobe now plans to ship its first two Multiple Master typefaces by the end of 1991, Myriad will list for $370, and Minion for $470. For more information, contact Adobe at 415/961-4400. JPEG Compression for EPS Files Storm Technology has devised a compression technology that will enable users to transparently compress and expand graphics as encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files. The result should be com- patibility among page-layout applications, graph- ics software, and printers or other devices that use Adobe's PostScript Level 2. Storm expects third-party (continues) 7 MAC EEE software developers to incorporate the technology in their applications. The company will include the capability in a new version of its PicturePress JPEG compression software, scheduled for the first quar ter of 1992. Contact Storm at 415/691-1111, Farallon Ships 24-Port PhoneNet Hubs Apple’s Unit Shipments Re Farallon Computing has begun shipping the PhoneNet StarController 377, its first 24-port hub. Farallon is also offering the PhoneNet Star- Controller 357, an improved 12-port hub. Both hubs are designed to provide greater reliability and easier AppleTalk network management. Both ship with a new yersion of the company's StarCommand net- work-management software. The 24-port 377 lists for $1899, and the 12-port 357 lists for $1495. Con- tact Farallon at 415/596-9100. Apple’ 's strategy of gaining market share continues to succeed, with the company’s unit shipments up 60 percent for the fiscal year ending September 27, 1991, over the previous year’s shipments. For the fourth quarter unit shipments were up 50 percent over units shipped in the same quarter the previ- ous year. As expected, Apple reported lower prof- its on higher sales revenue. The List of Books bibliography-generator Pro-Cite has been up- graded to version 2.0. New features include the ability to search for references in a word processor document and automatically create a bibliography entry from them, support for subscript and super- script characters, and the ability to export bibliog- raphies in text-only format. It can store 100,000 records in a database. Pro-Cite lists for $395. Per- sonal Bibliographic Software is at 313/996-1580. Claris Enters Windows Market Even though Claris’s intentions to cut its ties with Apple were never realized, the software subsidiary has gone ahead with at least one of its indepen- dent plans: marketing non-Mac software. Claris has licensed Hollywood, a presentation package devel- oped for Windows by Publishing Solutions and previously marketed by IBM. Claris plans to port Hollywood to OS/2, but would not comment on its Mac plans. Tool Kit for Resolve, Wingz Hackers 20 “Spreadware has developed Toolbox to help spread- sheet users write sophisticated scripts for Wingz and for Claris’s Wingz-derived Resolve. Using ‘Toolbox, scripters can create applications by add- ing dialog boxes, text fields, menus, and so on, to worksheets. Toolbox provides more than 80 func- tions for formatting, controlling, and printing, as well as manipulating numbers, It lists for $89. Spreadware is at 619/347-2365. New Networking Products Announced International Transware has announced several Mac networking products. The SerialWay is a three-port, stand-alone hub for users dialing in to AppleTalk networks with Apple’s new Remote Access (5 Macworld News, December 1991). The Seri lists for $499, or $999 for the Ethernet vei ‘Trai Ik is a router that connects multiple LANs into a single WAN. It has hardware compression, includes network-management software, and sup- ports both asynchronous and synchronous commu- nication. Priced at $899, TransTalk also supports Hayes's ISDN System Adapter, essentially an ISDN modem bridge. InterTalk is a LAN router that in- corporates direct memory access for greater speed; it ci $599. A $399 NuBus board version of InterTalk that uses the Mac's power supply but has its own memory and processor, is also available. International Transware is at 415/968-8888. 20-Inch Color Monitor ionColor Display/20 from Radius is a 20- inch color monitor that works with a wide range of display adapters and Macintoshes. When attached to a Radius PrecisionGolor display adapter, the Dis- play/20 can change resolutions on the fly for an enlarged view, or for displaying several pag ‘The 24-bit monitor meets Swedish MPR2 guidelines for magnetic emissions. It is currently shipping for $3229. Contact Radius at 408/434-1010. oNet Raven Drives for Quadra MicroNet ‘Technology has introduced versions of its Raven high-speed disk array that work inside the Macintosh Quadra 900. Called the Micro/Raven040, the series ranges in capacity from 606MB to 2700MB, depending on the capacity of the two drives in the array. The G06MB version of the Raven lists for $6390, while the 2700MB version lists for $13,890. The company also introduce Micco/Mir- ror high-capacity disk-mirroring systems for the Quadra 900. For more information, contact Micro- Net at 714/837-6033. i ol des igned specifically for laying out aber ements is being upgraded to version Multi-Ad Creator 3.0 adds support for Pantone and Focoltone colors, trapping, and such serious prepress concerns as control of ink coverage and undercolor removal. Multi-Ad Creator lists for $895. Multi-Ad Services is at 309/692-1530. ne Workplace lectronic Mail Association has published a 36-page guide to help employers formulate a coherent policy on the privacy of employees’ elec- tronic mail, The EMA is charging $45 for the docu- ment. For more information, call the association at 703/875-8620. 1 MACWOALD + JANUARY 1992 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A DRAWING PROGRAM MADE YOUR PALMS SWEAT, YOUR PULSE RACE, AND YOUR HEAD SPIN. UNLEASH THE AWESOME POWER OF CANWAS 8. ssc: ssa get ready to take the incredible new Canvas 3.0 for a spin. lts exceptional performance and nimble handling make Canvas 3.0 the hottest precision drawing program on the market. 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NOTHING HANDLES CURVES BETTER. While other drawing programs make you draw Bézier curves by “connecting the dots’, Canvas 3.0’s freehand tool lets you create any curve by simply drawing it. And it gives you unparalleled Bézier curve editing power -- from multi-point selection and editing to automatic object conversions, combinations, and blends. You even get centerline auto aN \ ,, tracing of scanned images. G0 WHEREVER YOU WANT. 5 With enhanced color 2 capabilities, including a built-in process (CMYK) color separator, PANTONE® color support, and automatic gradient fills and blends, Canvas 3.0 is blowing the doors off the compe- tition. But it doesn't top out there. You'll also find technical features like custom hatching, parallel TIRED OF YOUR OLD SEDATE SEDAN? lines and curves, and dashed lines, curves and Well, trade-in any used model of MacDraw®, borders. Automatic dimension lines. 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PRECISION DRAWING POWER FRON Jerre SOFTWARE For more information che name of your nears! deer coll (305) 594-4965 ot Fx: (205) 477-5794. Deneba Software, 3205 Northwest 74th Avenue. Miami, Florida 33122. ©1991 Doncha Syans, kc. Convs™ ond Sr on™ are odemers of Denea Systems nc, NexDro® sa ogstred dark of Cais Corporation Tepe oon ek and Aleve ave rdsmarks tpl Comper, In. Psat and Iasiotoc® ore regitered rodemarks of Adebe Systems Incrprated. Macro io regsered iademankof Inactive Oala Desig, Inc, Feehand™ is ademark of Aldus Corpetafion ANTONE io rogisterd trademark of Pantang, ln, DXF isa todamark of fstaDek ne The 40 dhtion was cated od car seperated using Canvas 30 We welcome envionment sound ideas en whet do wih ens of hausands of pre-owned meter chs. ¥: Circle 57 on reader service card Why in the world would you want to read 8 pages of ads from La Cie? *,.. The Good Housekeeping Seal. I'm now taking the safer course of buying from corporate-owned companies such as Quantum-backed La Cie...” MacWeek, February 199] “Of all the drives we tested, we recommend La Cie’ Cirrus drive.’ MacUser, March 1989 “Tf you want quality and relative affordability, try.,.La Cie...” Macworld, September 1991 “Get a hard disk, Seriously. Or, in this case, Cirrus-ly:” Maeworld, August 1988 “Silverlining has bailed me out of so many tough situations that ve last count. Ti works well on every brand of hard disk Ive used.” Bobker’s Dozen Best MacUser, December 1990 “Good software can make using a hard disk a joy. Cirrus drives include an outstanding set of utilities.” Maeworld, May 1989 “Quantum has also developed an even faster drive mechanism, the LP525, which offers a capacity of about 50 megabytes ... the La Cie Tsunami 50 uses this mechanism.” MacUser, April 1991 “The better looking zero-footprint drives come from La Cie... La Cie also makes the sporty Cirrus and Tsunami compact drives. If you are value conscious, youll be hard pressed to beat La Cie” Macworld, November 1990. “The La Cie Tsunami 50 uses a distinctive love-it-or-leave-it case designed for vertical placement by itself or for horizontal stacking of multiple drives. La Cie sells larger-capacity drives with zero-footprint cases,” MacUser, April 1991 “The|La Cie Tsunami 50's] case is durable, power-on as well as drive-activity indicator lights are provided, and bundled software ts excellent.” MacUser, April 1991 “The La Cie ZFP-400 is an affordable hard disk drive with an actual capacity of 423 MB. Good support.” MacUser, December 1990 tettt “Now here's an interface to get excited about (Silverscanner). La Cie’s Photoshop plug-in offers more options than almost any other software, and it’s all clearly labeled and easy to understand.” Publish, August 1991 Ask them. “La Cie products were my favorites.” Maeworld, September 1989 “The Silverscanner 300dpi scanner comes complete with its own image-capture software.” Macworld, August 1990 “The well-designed La Cie Tsunami 50 is an external, 50MB SCSI hard disk drive based on the new, fast Quantum LP52S mechanism. This was the second. fastest drive overall in our April OL lab report.” MacUser, April 1991 tith “La Cie offers the leading combination of software and performance.” * Maeworld, March 1990 “| The La Cie 1000 MB ZFP Plus| provides good performance with the Silverlining 5.27 SCSI driver. Software provides password-protection and data-encryption functions.” MacUser, July 1991 “The La Cie 600R Magneto-Optical erasable optical drive is fast. Silverlining _ formatting software provides good SCSI performance.” MacUser, November 1990 *.., the choice is clear: if you don't need @ large scanning bed or a transparency option, buy the La Cie Silverseanner. It ts one of the least expensive models under review, and its scans are among the best,” Maeworld, June 1991 “If you are looking for a comprehensive hard disk utility that might boost your disk’s performance, you should take a look at Silverlining, This handy utility is a hard disk formatter, driver installer, Ppartitioner, and optimizer.” MacUser, December 1989 “The Silverscanner ts also fast, and it comes with a one-year warranty anda good selection of software, including one of the more flexible Photoshop drivers around.” Macworld, June 1991 “Only one company, La Cie, has a hard partitioning utility that lets you resize partitions without losing data.” Macworld, November 1989 “Sure winners, the lightweight, silent and inexpensive Cirrus drives from La Cie come with first-rate utility software. .. the cream of the crop”” Maeworld, May 1989 “The best termination solutions, however, come with drives from La Cie...” Maeworld, March 1991 World Class Awards (7): (1) Hard Drive — Under 80MB, (2) Hard Drive—80MB to 160MB (Ist place), (3) Hard Drive— Over 160MB (Ist place), (4) Optical Drive (Ist place), (5) Best Customer Support — Hardware, (6) Removable Media— Drive, (7) Scanner — Color Macworld, September 1991 Why should you plunk down your hard-earned money ona La Cie hard drive? Well, the folks at Maeworld, MacUser, MacWeek and other computer publications have been giving out some excellent reasons for years. With the consensus being that La Cie offers some of the hardest-working, fast- est, most reliable drives you can own. Hard drives that continue to win design awards from both industrial and computer publications. But if youd like a few more reasons to buy a La Cie, consider that all of our hard drives up to 400MB come with the heart of a lion—in this case a built-in Quantum drive mechanism. It’s about the fastest, most reliable, most respected mechanism around. With effective seek times as low as 8ms. You’re covered by our 2-Year Limited Warrantyt which says that if, within two years, anything goes wrong with your drive’s Quantum mechanism, we'll repair or replace it within 48 hours absolutely free. Plus, you can add an additional 3 years to your warranty for just $1 per megabyte* And because we're backed by the resources of Quantum, you can count on us to provide high-quality mechanisms, components — plus customer service and support —for a long time to come. Need more reasons to buy? ‘Take a close look at our product listings. To order, or for even more information, call us at 800-999-0143. After all, when the subject is La Cie, we always love to talk. PocketDrive" © Portable, compact and sy to use @ 2/4 inch drive © Comes with one PocketDock" cable 80MB PocketDri $599 40MB PocketDrive $449 Miniature TConnector § 59 Extra PocketDock cable $ 99 Removable Cartridge Drive @ The performance of a fixed drive with the versatility of flop High-speed back-up capabilities @ Perfect for the high capacity needs of large databases, CAD applications, desktop publishing and more 44MB Cartridge Drive $ 649 Removable Cartridge $ 99 Tape Drives © Cost-ellective solutions for protecting your data @ Drives include easy-to-use Retrospect™ by Dantz, the industry’s leading back-up software @ Features La Cie’s award-winning Cirrus case I5S5MB Tape Drive $ 749 600MB Tape Drive $1199 1.2-2.0GB DAT Drive $1799 @ Ideal for daily or archival backup @ Reusable cartridges are rereadable, rewritable, and erasable 600MB Optical Drive $3199 Optical Cartridge $ 169 Bacster* Drives © Fits conveniently on the back 50MB Bacster Drive $ 499 of your Mac Plus or SE JOOMB Bacster Drive $ 699 Restrictions apply. Pl *Quantum drives only. Baester, Silverl f warranty inl All other trademarks are speeific change without nc we property of their respective owners, All prices, d descriptions of products and services herein are subject to ‘e or recourse. Shipping not included. Now that the experts have spoken, put your money where their mouth is. 600MB shown. 400MB and below are '8 height. PUL saan ntstti Internal and ZFP Drives © A wide range of storage capacity at an aflordable price @ Space saving drives that fit directly under or inside your Macintosh @ External on/off termination switch @ Perfect for home, office or educa- tional uses @ Wide range power supply (110-220) @ Silent, half-speed fan Internal? External Cirrus Drives Tsunami Drives © Award-winning portable drive © Combines unique design, ultra- © Access times as low as 15ms light weight and state-of-the-art @ External on/off termination components to make the Tsunami switch @ Operates silently thanks drive La Cie’s most portable to its high volume, half-speed fan @ Whisper-quiet, half-speed @ Wide range power supply (110-220) fan @ External on/off termination switch @ Wide range power supply 50MB ZFP Drive $299 $ 339 JOOMB ZFP Drive $429 $479 120MB ZFP Drive $529 $579 200MB ZFP Drive $729 $779 400MB ZFP Plus Drive $1399 $ 1499 600MB ZFP Plus Drive $2049 $2199 650MB ZFP Plus Drive $2249 $2399 12GB ZFP Plus Drive $2749 $2899 16GB ZFP Plus Drive $4049 $4199 *Not available for all Macintosh computers SOMB Cirrus Drive $ 439 (110-220) plus convenience outlet JOOMB Cirrus Drive $579 120MB Cirrus Drive $679 5OMB Tsunami Drive $489 200MB Cirrus Drive $879 IOOMB Tsunami Drive $629 400MB Cirrus Drive $1599 120MB Tsunami Drive $729 200MB Tsunami Drive $929 400MB Tsunami Drive $1649 Call (800) 999-0143 to Order or For More Information Free Copy of Silverlining Included free with every La Cie hard drive, Silverlining has been called the most power- ful and useful hard disk management soft- ware in the industry. Silverlining maximizes the performance of all SCSI drives, giving you powerful volume-sizing functions and advanced partitioning features that allow as many as 60 partitions to be dynamically resized without data loss. Included in 200 Best Macintosh Products (MacUser, 1990). bp £444 —Moctsr arte | UMULE management software, T free with every La Cie L aM TED hard drive. Sold separately $149 5% surcharge for American Express. Sales tax added where applicable. La Cie, Ltd. 1 W O0th Court, Tualatin, OR 97062. Phone (503) 691-0771, Fax (503 ) 691-5590. ©La Cie, Ltd. 1991, All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. “La Cie hard drives include“... The Good Housekeeping the best software we tested.” _—_Seal. I’m now taking the Macworld, safer course of buying from September 1989 —_corporate-owned companies such as Quantum-backed La Cie.” ; MacWeek, February 1991 “La Cie offers the leading combination of software and performance.” Macworld, March 1990 to lug around If you think La Cie’s new 80MB PocketDrive™ comes with a big advantage, look closer. It’s a very small one. Because until now, no one’s ever loaded as much capacity into such a compact, portable and easy-to-use drive as La Cie. Portability with a purpose. So maybe you're a skeptic. And you’re thinking that PocketDrive, being as small as a billfold, must somehow skimp on performance. Wrong. For starters, with 80MB of storage* it’s plenty powerful, letting you store and transport more files and applications than you can shake a stick at. And when you consider its all-new 244 inch drive technology, fast 19ms seek time, plus the quietest operation this side of a mime troupe, it’s clear that PocketDrive really gives you maximum performance ina minimum of space. *Also available with 40MB. an 8OMB hard drive. Here’s one more reason Sets up in seconds. You've heard that compa to connect and disconnect? Not of plugging directly into the ba PocketDrive connects to a cabl more fumbling around at the bat connecting, disconnecting and ree thing. And when you buy an additio cable, you can leave one cable at wor for even faster set up. And for those times when you’ and you don’t have access to your o You can count on Quani Plus Silverlining. La Cie’s reputation for reliabil starts on the inside, where we use onl leading Quantum drive mechani: Mac-compatible drive mechanism: PocketDock, PocketDrive, Silverlining, La Cie and the La Cie logo are trademarks of LaCie, Ltd. Allother trademarksare the property of their respective owners, All prices, specifications, termsand descriptions ofproductsand services herein are subject to change without notice oF 5% surcharge for American Express. Sales ta’ j i yee Silverlining* il hard disk manage- ‘I erlining’s set of ce of SCSI drives Macintosh Products. All this, plusas So before you si La Cie and prepare to work home, w itin your po » Order Call (800) 999-0143 i For More Information. Volume Placgunts. Miniature T-Connector Extra PocketDock ( Cable $ 59 Comes with 1 PocketDock cable, Silverlining software, and up to 5 year limited warranty. La Cle, Ltd,, 19552 SW latin, On 57068, Phone (503) 691-0771, Fax (503) 691-5590, ©La G 1991. All rights reserved: “Printed in U.S.A. Now that you’ve seen what they’ve said, see what they mean. When the subject is scanners, seeing is believing. So, to see what the critics are raving about, we thought it wise to show you just how good La Cie looks compared to the competition—in this case, the Microtek 600ZS. The result? When you compare the two images side by side just like the experts did, La Cie’s Silverscanner™ beats Microtek. Fair and square. The best hardware for the money. When Maeworld recommended buying the La Cie scanner, they must have had some very good reasons in mind. Maybe it’s because we offer the finest, most reliable hardware in the industry. Or that the Silverscanner delivers the kind of superior performance usually found in machines cost- ing thousands more. Or the fact that you get high-quality, true-to-life color. Sharp, accurate scans. Production-quality halftones with excellent detail in those troublesome shadow areas. Plus easy-to-use image controls, with full functions such as user-selectable halftoning, color dropout, gamma correction, brightness and color correction. All right at your fingertips. Faster previews, faster scans. If you've ever used a scanner, you know what it means to wait for the entire preview to finish before you can make any adjustments to your scan settings. It’s a process that can burn up a lot of your time. But thanks to our single dynamic preview win- dow, you can modify your scanner functions during the preview. That means no more waiting around for the preview to finish before making your scan settings and starting your final scan. Suddenly, your previews take seconds instead of minutes. Tn fact, the Silverscanner is so fast—and will save so much time — you can often finish your scans before other scanners are even finished previewing. Microtek Scan Silverscanner Silverscanner Microtek Scan The hardware is great. The software is priceless. The Silverscanner also comes with a great software package. And not some bargain-basement throwaways, either. You get the software the experts are crazy about — state-of-the-art Adobe Photoshop 2.0, Letraset ColorStudio 1.5 with Shapes, plus La Cie’s exclusive Silverscan plug-in modules. Valuable software that costs at least $2,000 if bought separately. All of which makes the Silverscanner very hard to beat. To order, just pick up the phone. By now, it should be clear why we're so excited about La Cie’s Silverscanner. So, call 1-800-999-0143 today. And see what all the talk is about. Microtek Scan Silverscanner For this comparison, we used a Microtel: 600ZS and a La Cie Silverscanner. All scans were done at default settings with no cor- rections. The color images were separated using Adobe Photoshop. The top of the letter “C” in the La Cie logo was scanned at the max- imum dpi setting (600 dpi on the Microtek 6002S and 1200 dpi on the Silwerscanner) and was enlarged so you can more easily see the difference. See the La Cie logo below scanned at 1200 dpi at actual size. You compare, you see the difference, the La Cie Silverscanner — better color, more shadow detail and smoother line art. Call (800) 999-0143 to Order or For More Information. New Volume Discounts. Silverscanner $1399 (1a ie sofware oty) $1899 (with all software) LACIE LIMITED A QUANTUM COMPANY Iverscaner: 16.8 million colors; 256 smooth shades of grays production-quality line art; up to 1200 dpi—all in a single pass. Silverscan, Silverscanner, La Cie and the La Cie logo are trademarks of La Cie, Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respec- tive owners. All prices, specifications, terms and descriptions of products and services he jubject to change without notice or recourse. Shipping not inclu surcharge for American Express. Sales tax added where applicable. La Cie, Ltd., 19552 SW 90th Court, ‘Tualatin, OR 97062. Phone (503) 691-071, Fax (503) 691-5590. La Cie, Ltd. 1991. All rights reserved. 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That column, and the PBS documentary “Columbus and the Age of Discovery,” with its explanations of how the world was shaped by events of the Middle Ages, caused me to re- flect upon whether the intosh is ‘one of the tools for the mind that are shaping the world and our culture. The truth is that the Macintosh— there are more than 5 million of them now—has had and is continuing to have an impact on the way many of us think and work. But the PBS series caused me to question whether this little computer's legacy will be signifi- cant or just a blip in the history of the world. The question has immediacy for me because as the editor of Macworld 1 frequently meet with in- dividuals in the Macintosh developer and user communit I think of Macintosh developers as the equivalent of those users of newly translated Arabic texts on science and medicine referred to in the PBS docu- mentary—those who brought scien- tific method to European cultures, thereby initiating the Renai: I think of Mac developers who are applying new technology to traditional tasks, thereby changing society—or in this instance, changing Once one of the Mac's best developors, Jim Rafferty today ity to Windows-based PCs. is bringing multimedia capal the ways in which the Macintosh can be used. What Direction for Developers? Over my six years of writing (this is my 65th monthly column) and work- ing at Macworld | have followed the growth and change among Macintosh developers as avidly as a historian. 1 have listened to those who became Mac developers for the profit, to those who love the Macintosh, and to those MACWORLD + JANUARY 1992 who fit both categories. I continue to meet with entrepreneurs who have succeeded, with executives who have left the community, and with those who are making second or third at- tempts at becoming Mac developers. They are the most learned, cosmo- politan, fascinating group of computer engineers and scientists one can imagine. Their wit and imagination translates into products that delight and serve Macintosh As I reflect upon their work today, I recall one thought frequently voiced by developers: whether they can continue to be Mac intosh developers. Radius is one of the few public companies to have risen out of the Macintosh develop- ment environment. Com- pany president Barry James Folsom reminded me of a recent conversation he had with Bob Puette, president of Apple USA, in the aftermath of Apple's announcement that it would sell a 21-inch color monitor in the United States. To paraphrase, Folsom told Puette that he understood Apple's decision was based on business; simi- larly, Radius had made the decision to place 50 percent of its research dol- lars into developing products for the IBM PC/PC clone market rather than for development for the Macintosh (continues) uv + 2 MB fast 80 ns RAM + 40 MB hard drive Standard keyboard «+ Expanded video RAM * 640x480 Color Monitor| StyleWites weable CPU price in package ater rebate CPU price in package afer rebate + Extended keyboard ‘w/ Tempo Il software 640x480 Color Monitor * QuicKor TS Laser Printer Lease just *189/mo COMMENTARY Dan Schwinn, CEO of Shiva Corpora- tion, told me recently (another par: phrase) that Apple simply makes it ever more difficult to develop prod- ucts for the Macintosh. In the same conversation, Schwinn said that Shiva too was investigating how to sell products into other computer envi- ronments, although for a networking company this is a natural expansion of the market. Nothing New Not that arguments over developer loyalty are a new event. One day four years ago I was sitting in the office of Jim Rafferty, CEO of Cricket Software at the time, when he received a 40- minute call from an Apple director berating him for beginning to develop Windows products. Cricket is no longer in the marketplace, perhaps partly because of too-ambitious in- vestments into Windows develop- ment. But in general, Rafferty pre- ferred the Macintosh as a deyelop- ment platform. He often put his Mac programming team through night- marish development hoops in order to please Apple or to get out the next important Macintosh product. Today he is involved in moving QuickTime: type technology to the PC platform: One of Apple’s best developers has become one of the competition’s best developers. Some developers have succeeded in part because they established themselves on the Mac and then made the leap into the larger, more com- petitive, PC marketplace. Aldus, de- veloper of PageMaker, started on the Macintosh. I recall warning Aldus’s president, Paul Brainerd, years ago that if Aldus were to pursue DOS de- velopment, the company's Macintosh development would slow. Indeed, Macintosh development has slowed, but Aldus is a larger, more profitable company today because Brainerd de- cided to sell products into a non-Mac market You cannot blame company presidents for taking what they per- ceive is the best course to success for their company. The issue | raise is whether Apple, in not more aggres- sively pursuing and supporting its developers, is not only ceding impor- tant product development to its MACWORLD + JANUARY 1992 Bill Duvall was one of thi rly experimenters in hypermedia at SRI, Why isn't this man con- tributing to the Macintosh? competitors, but also losing the battle for computer users’ minds by not having important new products ap- pear first on the Mac. In some ways the Apple devel- oper environment is similar to one of those nation-states, discussed in the PBS documentary, that the Catholic Church dominated in the 15th century ientists had to either leave or hide the nature of the work they were doing for fear of persecu- tion. The analogy is hyperbolic with regard to the severity of the pet cution, but apt in terms of the ability of scientists to work in an environ- ment conducive to their growth and development. Fewer talented devel- opers seek to make a difference only through the use of the Macintosh. Developers share several com- mon factors. There are few Mac-only developers today, unlike in the past. More products are sold by fewer companies—Microsoft, Aldus, Adobe, Symantec, and Claris dominate Mac software sales. Often, development cycles on Mac products are held up due to development needs for the Windows version of the products. Macintosh developers entering the market almost always have a vision of developing products for other com- puters as soon as they can. Develop ers who have to divide their resources to work on several different comput- ers necessarily work slower and tend to develop with less ability to take ad- vantage of each computer's unique strengths. Innovation is slowing across the product market. (continues) & File Edit Data Graph Total Observations : Bar bite Density Gunntile SPLOM Surface mnoe aes Option: 10 Everyone knows SYSTAT is the most comprehensive statistics package on the Mac. Did you know itis also the easiest to use? 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Macintosh isa trademark G48 South Whee of Apple Compute: ‘Wheeling, I Circle 17 on reader service card. 4 COMMENTARY Tool Makers, Tool Users Developers for the Macintosh fall into two primary categories: those who make tools for others to create Macintosh applications and those who use these tools to build applications. Among tool makers I point to people such as Bill Duvall of Consulair and Paul Smethers, both of whom spent years working to build programming tools for the Macintosh, Duvall, a Silicon Valley wunder- kind, worked at SRI (with Doug Engelbart on the original hypertext system) and at Xerox PARC (where Duvall did some of the first non-Latin alphabet work on computers). Apple contracted Duvall to create MDS (Macintosh Development System), Apple’s first programming environ- ment for Macintosh developers. The rocky path of working with Apple led him to direct his own company, Consulair, to build commercial tools for other Macintosh developers. Consulair’s programming tools are slowly declining in the face of compe- tition from Apple-supplied program- ming tools such as MPW (Mac Pro- grammers Workshop). Duvall is one of those talented computer-systems engineers who love the Mac and want to help it along, but can’t seem to find a way with or without Apple to aid the process. He recently resigned from Claris as the director of engineering for HyperCard Then there are the tool users, those who take a newly designed sex- tant and circumnavigate the globe. You have to look with wonder at some of the people who have become Mac- intosh developers: Reese Jones dropped out of the doctoral program in biophysics at the University of Cali- fornia at Berkeley in order to found Farallon Computing, a $50 million— plus networking company. Dan Feldman left a career in mathematics to found Abacus Concepts, a Berke- ley, Califor ased company that is the principal seller of statistics tools for the Macintosh, Allan Bonadio of Prescience Corporation, another wunderkind, decided he loved the Macintosh and wanted to develop mathematics programs. Chad Mitchell, cofounder of Great Wave Software, slowed his doctoral work at Stanford University (he has since completed MACWORLD + JANUARY 1992 Joo Sparks, the VP of engineoring at Reactor and cadoveloper of Spaceship Warlock, is mak- ing a differance as a Macintosh developer. his Ph.D.) to finish programming the ConcertWare series of products for the Macintosh. Doug Macrae and Kevin Curran were two whiz kids who wrote some of the original video games when they were at MIT, Then they decided to start a company to build a hard drive for the Macintosh and have rarely looked back since founding GCC Technologies. If you methodically look around the Macintosh developer community, you find a truly marvelous crew. Ex amples include Mike Saenz and Joe Sparks, the duo at Reactor who de- veloped Spaceship Warlock. I cannot pe comparing these two to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas early in their careers. Tool users who are des- tined, if they remain Mac developers, to appear on the national scene in the 1990s as the new gurus of digital me- dia. Saenz reminds me of Vesalius, the 16th-century Renaissance man of Italy, who against all teachings of the Church decided to sneak corpses out of graveyards to develop the first comprehensive catalog of anatomical drawings, thereby contributing to modern medicine. Does Apple Encourage Tool Makers? Back to the analogy of the Middle Ages and the question of whether Apple plays the part of Rome (that is, we will OK navigation of the globe if we think that more pagans will rt convert to Catholicism) or the p of the Spanish Crown (if you ques tion the established order, you will be punished), (continues) rganize your finances r= uicken easy! [Tceount | ish Checking “| Credit Cord) i he world’s #1-selling financial software organizes home and small business finances better than ever — with more than 50 major new features and improvements. So if you still haven't tried Quicken yet, new version 3.0 is a powerful reason to stop putting it off. A more complete financial picture. New Quicken 3.0 does a lot more than manage your checkbook and track expenses. Now it organizes everything from checking and savings accounts to cash, credit cards, assets and liabilities. 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He continues to believe in the Mac, the device of preference within the company. But as differences between Windows and the Mac interf: ani) eee feel they mus ketplace. Madelnesy ‘Topping; in other words, his company will build products in whatever envi- ronment they can succeed in, A few developers like Abacus await better tools to move their software to other platforms, but clearly there are almost no exclusive Mac developers left in this industry. Peter Norton Computing, now a part of Symantec, produces Norton Desktop for Win- dows, which all but makes Windows 3.0 a clone of Apple’s System 7. Apple as Venice At the same time, Apple over the years has become a kind of haven for very talented software and hardware engi- neers. Within the confines of i ous engineering or advanced res organizations are people who can make a difference. You may have noted my enthusi- astic support of QuickTime over the last several months. That ground- breaking product will ship in Decem- ber and January. A similar version for IBM PCs and PC clones will ship early next year too—never has Apple had more competition in the products through which it attempts to distin- guish itself. John Sculley announced at a re- cent conference in Japan that before the end of 1992 Apple would have a computer with a built-in CD player. Dear John, too little too late, Better work on the serial port on the back of the Mac and make it ready to accept ISDN-speed communications—that's where the rest of the world is headed. Better speed up the graphics perfor- mance of your machines. Better en- sure the Mac can support 3-D graph- Better not give source code to IBM via your new multimedia joint venture, Kaleida. Apple's role in innovation is dangerously close to disappearing. You can't lock up QuickTime forever, but for now Apple is like a ship’s captain with a es set of cha you headed? 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Then again, we Ameri- cans do have an ugly pen- chant for attempting to buy self-image and status with the money in our wallets rather than with self-examination and real accomplishment. I can do without the glittering mythology. Eric Tamm El Cerrito, California More Than a Product ow I find Apple allied with Big Blue, and Mac- world running a two-page IBM advertisement (Octo- ber 1991). It stinks of trea- son most foul. Apple was supposed to be the computer company that existed to put technol- ogy in people's hands. Now, with this new alliance, it has become just another yuppie hellhole: greed- heads who couldn't give a damn about anything be- yond the next quarterly re- port. They've targeted the corporate world, and aban- doned the true believers. T. C Lynch Staten Island, New York Ca) LETTERS Open Technologies | see no harm in a practi- cal Apple-IBM alliance. While I'm skeptical that this limited tnership will revolutionize comput- ing in the future, I look for- ward to the day when Apples and IBM PCs can talk to each other seam- lessly and quickly. The “rest of us” have businesses to run and do not have the time to contort our Macs into communicating with the other 85 percent of the computer world. It is Apple, not IBM, that litigates at the drop of an icon; and even Levy's high priest, Steven Jobs, refused to allow anyone access to the inside of the early Macintoshes so as to perpetuate his monopoly. If this is the dream that’s be- ing lost, give me reality anytime. Joseph Braff Shrub Oak, New York Fear of Inertia pple’s initial premise was to make computers useful for the average per- son. It succeeded brilliantly in that mission, not only with its own computers but by the influence it had on other manufacturers, most notably IBM and Atari. The fact that IBM has teamed with Apple to cre- ate a new generation of computers does not threat- en me. Mac users cannot live in fear of change. Change is what we were trying to do in the first place. Susan Forney Richland, Washington Evangelizing IBM his IBM ad is an out- rage! I called the ad’s 800 number and said, “I challenge you to find one person or organization that has ever switched from us- (continues) MACWORLD + JANUARY 1992 Corrections Signals in an active star are routed to all branches, just as in a passive star (‘Building a Better Net- work,” November 1991). The main difference be- tween active and passive stars is that in an active star the signal is boosted through the star control- ler, which allows a longer network, The correct phone number for Fractal De- sign Corporation (Where to Buy, November 1991) is 408/688-8800; the fax number is 408/688-8836. A defective Typist unit was used to compile the results listed in “OCR: Teaching Your Mac to Read,” November 1991. Correct accuracy results for the Typist are: Typewriter: 15 Press Release: 33 Fax: 217 Mailing List: 34 Contract: 1984 Magazine Stor Average: 398 102 The statement “both hand-held recognizers ranked among the least accurate programs tested” és not correct. The Typist finished abead of Scan- Reader, TextPert, ReadStar Hl, and Read-it Personal. in retesting, The Typist was able to recognize a second- generation fax. Great Plains Account- (Continues) wy © merry 7 EF Spm ing (‘Straightforward Accounting,” November 1991) uses standard Mac- intosh dialog boxes in all of its modules, DesignStudio 2.0 al- lows users to search and replace most text attri- butes, and to create a box and select it with the con- tent tool and the %& key (Reviews, November 1991). Positioning page ele- ments, alignment, group- ing, slep-and-repeat dup- lication, object-locking, nonprinting, and the abil- ity to set the text to pass through to the printer as PostScript were also pres- ent in earlier versions of the program. VersaCAD Corporation was incorrectly listed as Versa Corporation (Com- mentary, December 1991). ing the Macintosh exclu- sively to an IBM PS/2 exclu- sively, Of course, if you do find someone, they prob- ably traded in their Honda for a Yugo.” I waited five days for IBM to call me back. They never did, Gary Kerr Beverly, Massachusetts Rule without Reason have seen it proclaimed as often and as imperi- ously as the Ten Com- mandments, and with less attribution and justifica- tion, and I am fed up. Why should I put a single space instead of a double space between sentences? (See “Top-Notch Type,” October 1991.) “Experts do it” is not an explanation, it’s just an aspersion on the experts. “It looks better” isn’t either; to a lot of us, a ¢ looks better. Grant Schampel Saint Paul, Minnesota The main reason is to avoid overly large gaps between sen- tences. In justified type in par- ticular, the extra space can lead to huge gaps between words, since a typesetting system (or publishing program) might widen each of the spaces. With typewriters, two spaces are the tule because typewriters use monospace fonts, and the extra space is needed to provide enough visual separation be- tween sentences.—Ed. Aesthetics or Intent? here are two counter- vailing schools of thought about the use of quotation marks: the aes- thetic and the logical. Jim Heid—and most traditional style manuals—cites the aesthetic approach. I defy you to convey a precise meaning using the aesthetic approach to punctuation. Consider, for example: Did you say “Do it again.”? Did you say “Do it again?"? Despite an uphill batde against the traditionalists who write style manuals, this logical approach seems to be gaining significant ground Richard Russell Madison, Wisconsin No Talent Algorithms n his article (“Top- Notch Type”) Jim Heid hit the nail on the head, but not nearly hard enough, when he mentioned the growing trend of typeset- ting being performed by those who lack the training of a typographer. Corpora- (continues) “Marketing plan? Looks more like a cookb ook! You've seen it. Maybe even created one yourself. The business report that looks like a collection of favorite neighborhood recipes. Even after hole punching, aligning and plastic prongs, the report still sports a look that says anything BUT “business” Ist Impression eliminates those tedious punch- and-bind steps. And makes it easy to create reports that look professional. Choose from a variety of cover styles, colors, and sheet capacities. 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No algorithm will be written in the foreseeable future to simulate the skill and an eye for composition. Bill Jennings Placentia, California Prepress Clarified $s a principal of a large full-color printing com- pany with a CEPS system, I am constantly bombard- ed with questions from cli- ents who have been over- sold on DTP. Your article (‘The Prepress Edge,’ Oc- tober 1991) goes a long way in clarifying the interface jungle and is the most readable treatise on the subject I have seen to date. Upon inspection few things in life are as simple and in- expensive as they appear at first glance. High-end color on the desktop is no exception. Jerry Bray Glen Burnie, Maryland DTP Oversimplified yx article “The Pre- s Edge’ attempt at explaining a very complex process. ‘The screen angle issue is far more complex. First of all, the traditional angles are 45 degrees for black, 75 degrees for magenta, 90 degrees for yellow, and 105 degrees for cyan, All colors are 30 degrees apart from one another except yellow: because it is not a domi- nant color. The irrational screening techniques Joe Matazzoni mentions are Sure to accelerate the qual- ity of printing, but the tra- ditional angles are the most tried and true, There is some suggested reading that might help: Kiss fm- pressions, by J. Tom Mor- gan (Technical and Educa- tion Center of the Graphic Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1983), and The Lithographer’s Manual, edited by Ray Blair (Graph- ic Arts Technical Foun- dation, 1988), are helpful in understanding printing and its history. Carmon Madison Columbus, Georgia For a grid used in screens, 15 and 105 degrees are identical. Both numbers are used in indus- try, depending on personal pref- erence.—Ed. 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