In-reply-to: [email protected]'s message of Sun, 19 May 1996 15:19:42 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: postscript vs acrobat
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In article  [email protected] (John Bunting) writes:

>Both postscript and acrobat were developed by Adobe.  What are the
>compatibilites/strengths/weaknesses of each?  Is postscript being

Postscript is the page description language develloped by Adobe
and it is used in may printers. The weaknesses of Postscript
is the size of the file is big and the handling of bitmaps
(they become extremely huge and slow are to print).

Adobe acrobat uses the same ideas as postscipt, but it has
advantages in the areas where postscipt is weak: bitmap
pictures. Adobe acrobat enables bitmap pictures directly
in the file in compressed format. This makes picture handling more
efficent. I don't know the actual relation to postscipt
or compatibility. At least the Acrobat file looks like there are
command similar to postscript in it.

>Does this free Acrobat reader have a print button?  It doesn't output
>postscript format does it?  Will it print to a typical ink-jet pc
>printer that works under win95?

It has print button and prints through windows printing services.
So it work with printers which work on windows a can print
graphics.

>Does this free Acrobat reader have any kind of cut and paste
>capability, so you can select and print only one page or part of a
>page?    

Is is possible to select the pictures which to print

>>Postscript documents?  I understand you can't author an acrobat
>document with the free reader, right?  You need Adobe's Acrobat

You can't author acrobat files using the free reader. Free reader
is only for browsing the files and printing them. The authoring
package must be bought from Adobe.

If someone is wondering what is the connection between this message and
Sci.electronics.design topics. It is the fact that many component
datasheet come nowadays in adobe acrobat format.