September 21, 1994 Toronto, Ontario, Canada DMC Publishing Customer Mailout The past few months have seen many changes within DMC in various parts of the world. Some of the programmers that have been with DMC since the beginning have left to form their own company, writing Calamus SL modules, while others have come on board full-time. The end result to you, our customers, is even more people writing Calamus SL modules while another team of Programmers concentrates on both the NT version of Calamus and NT modules. The benefits of such diversification will become apparent once we announce the availability of even more new modules for Calamus SL which we believe you will all find of great interest. ----- - SEPTEMBER 94 UPGRADE FOR CALAMUS SL - At this time I am very pleased to announce a new and exciting upgrade for Calamus SL. Besides the usual bug fixes, cleanup and performance enhancements, mostly transparent to our customers, a few new features are now available. The first and foremost is Spot Color. Calamus SL can now accomodate not only Spot Color but the automatic generation of 4 color separation of spot colors. Another new feature, that will become more important to us all as time passes, is the new enhancement to the Document Converter that allows bi-directional compatibility between the NT version and this new Atari version of Calamus. The new Document Converter insures compatibility between your Calamus SL documents and the various NT versions of Calamus: for the DEC Alpha, MIPS, IBM Power PC or Intel computers. A new frame type is now available, called Uniframe. When you apply StarScreening, (more on this exciting new module later) for example, to a raster graphic frame, a uniframe will result. The TIFF export driver has been enhanced. Your cost to upgrade from your existing August or November 93 update of Calamus SL is US $49.95 or $70.00 Cdn. If you own a version of Calamus SL prior to August 93, the upgrade cost is US $119.95 or $170.00 Cdn. ----- - FONTS - Effective immediately until October 31, 1994, accompanied by your upgrade order for Calamus SL, all our original professional typesetters fonts in-house, licensed from such world-famous font foundries as AGFA, Berthold, Linotype and URW, are $10.00 each, providing you select at least 5 typefaces. Pick and choose your favorites and get your order in now. All our Calamus CFN's from your Atari are compatible with the Windows NT version of Calamus. ----- - NEW MODULES - - StarScreening - I am pleased to announce the release of the new StarScreening module. This means that in addition to the great control we have always given you over Analog-based raster graphics and settings, we can now offer you the latest technology, FM or frequency modulated rastering techniques, also called stochastic screening. Further, unlike others that now have this capability, we do not require a PostScript RIP, using our own internal SoftRipping technology instead. This allows us to choose to define an FM raster by individual frame, even mixing and matching the two different techniques on the same page. The StarScreening module allows you to output FM rasters on laser and ink jet printers, up to a resolution of 750 dpi. It includes control lines for the adjustment of color and black and white output. Your cost for this extraordinary module is US $150.00 or $210.00 CDN. Look for sample TIFF's uploaded to GEnie, Delphi and Compuserve with Starscreening already assigned. Download and test the result on your printer today. You're going to love it! There will be a PRO version of the StarScreening module that will handle greater than 750 dpi. A price for this module has not yet been set. Please contact us directly if you require further information. ----- - Blend Module - I was just informed last night that this new module will be ready about the time you read this. The Blend Module is a tool for creating raster graphic areas with gradient fill patterns. Choose between two types of blends; linear and circular. Within each type of blend there are a number of user-definable options for creating various styles of blends. Again, look for samples on Genie, Compuserve or Delphi. Your cost for the new Blend Module is US $50.00 or $70.00 CDN. ----- - PageTool - A great new module, PageTool, has also just been completed. Page Tool allows you to view all pages in a document in thumbnail format, on screen, as well as moving, inserting or deleting them. Samples will be uploaded the next few days to better illustrate the power of this new module. Your cost for the new PageTool Module is US $50.00 or $70.00 CDN. ----- For those of you still using an earlier version of Calamus SL prior to August 1993, you R E A L L Y N E E D T O U P G R A D E at this time. Here is what was included in the last major upgrade as a reminder for those of you that have not yet replaced your O L D, O U T D A T E D version: The last version, prior to this release, was from November 1993, which in turn, was a maintenance update of the August 1993 version in which the overall performance of Calamus SL was dramatically improved. A number of significant features were added as well as new features and modules which were included at that time. 1. An upgraded Text Module now includes both an Anchor Frame function and a Leader Tab function that allows the use of any character as your assigned Leader Tab character. The module also includes an improved spellchecker and separate hyphenation dictionaries, improved vertical text alignment, improved EM-space handling, the ability to insert and search comments, manual kerning, inserting text style and text ruler information. 2. The new ROTATE.CXM module gives us the ability to rotate Raster Graphics in any degree with or without anti-aliasing. This means that if you rotate a graphic that has straight lines, anti-aliasing will smoothen the settings and remove stepping. 3. The new COL_CONV.CXM Color List Converter module generates a color list from graphics that have been imported from Outline Art and other sources. It can also generate a list from free colors designed within the existing document. 4. The new COMPRESS.CXM is a compression module designed to save you storage space by compressing bitmap images when saving your document. Documents saved with compressed bitmap images will automatically uncompress those images when the document is reloaded into Calamus SL. 5. The new CYMKSWAP.CXM module swaps color planes. 6. The new LIN.CXM Linearity module allows you to set color values optimized for your particular printer. This module will be of special interest to those of you with any color printer. 7. The RASTGEN.CXM Raster Generator module has been upgraded. 8. New drivers enclosed with this upgrade for Calamus SL include: GEMIMG export, CVG export, a RAW import driver for bit planes, an improved TIFF driver, an improved TARGA driver, an RPS driver for Repro Studio and an improved GEM Metafile driver. 9. Set Layout/Working Area does automatic generation of both registration marks and crop marks, color plane names, double-page overlap, user definable settings and master page printing. 10. The new document feature provides quick access to any document loaded into memory. ----- - MODULES - Our current choice of optional modules for Calamus SL include the following: - Line Art Module - The Line Art module is an advanced vector editing tool that combines features found in both the Vector Graphic module and Outline Art 3.0, and then some. The Line Art module is the definitive tool for creating and editing vector graphics without leaving Calamus SL. Line Art features the creation of graphic primitives, blends, text objects, paths and transformation nets which allow the distortion of objects using these nets. Vector objects can be created by using either the included vector editor or one of the Calamus primitives. New primitives include: lines, outlines and circular segments. The vector objects can also be defined using a variety of writing modes which include outline on/off, fill on/off, and EOR for intersecting paths. You can also define corners as either bevelled or sharp. Objects can also be defined as color blends, allowing the transformation and rotation of these objects by using the functions in the blends command area. The types of blends include horizontal, vertical, rectangular corner origin blend, circular and transformational blend with starting and ending angles as well as starting and ending colors (as well as a definable transition color). Text can be made to follow paths inside or outside and to include/exclude the kerning values in the font or allow manual adjustment of the character spacing. You may also justify text left, right or center and change the text direction. The text may then be converted to a path object for further manipulation. Your cost for this exciting module is US $150.00 or $210.00 CDN. ----- - Bridge Module - The Bridge module holds 4 command groups. The first command group contains all the functions for exporting frames or pages to a number of raster and vector graphic formats. These include (raster graphic) Degas, PIC, NEO, PAC, IMG, ESM, BLK, PCX, IFF, TIF, TGA, CRG and GIF (87a) and (vector graphic) CVG 1.0 or 1.1, GEM, DXF, PLT, EPS, PS, and Illustrator EPS. The second command group in Bridge is a set of PostScript functions which include the ability to compress graphics, text, show pages, do multipage, print to serial/parallel/file, etc. The third command group converts raster graphics among different numbers of planes and color depths. This command group comprises a very powerful set of functions which even allow the conversion of RGB graphics to 4-color CMYK. The fourth command group converts frames to vector graphics, useful for creating special effects using Outline Art, the Vector Graphic or Line Art modules. Special skews and masking effects can be created when frames have been vectorized using this command group. Bridge costs US $150.00 or $210.00 CDN. ----- - Toolbox & Clipboard - The Toolbox Module is a frame-handling utility that allows you to do a number of useful things with any frame type: quickly position frames and move them from master to layout pages; line-up multiple frames or change their order; hide a frame; expand a selected frame to full view and more. This handy module can even convert frame types; to text, raster, vector, line, raster area and tiling frame types. The Toolbox Module is a layout utility that all Calamus users will appreciate. The extended Clipboard Module adds load and save features to the regular cut, paste and copy functions. The Toolbox and Clipboard bundle costs US $80.00 or $110.00 CDN. ----- - Mask Module - The Mask Module is a powerful graphics tool that allows you to create advanced effects in your publishing work, allowing the process of cropping selected areas of a graphic to create a special mask effect. Create and edit masked images quickly and effectively, without leaving Calamus SL. Your cost for the Mask Module is US $150.00 or $210.00 CDN. ----- - Color Separation Module - Our Color Separation Module allows you to define separation filters, including the definition of UCR (undercolor removal). This module allows the use of CMYK, CMY and IHS systems, as well as the ability to support new systems such as FOCOLTONE. This module is essential for color printing. Your cost is US $50.00 or $70.00 CDN. ----- - Vector Graphic Module - The Vector Graphic Module allows the creation and editing of monochrome or color vector graphics, editing of polylines for irregular text flow and much more. This is the perfect modular tool for editing autotraced graphics. You can join sub-paths, distort and freely rotate all elements or even apply different colors to every vector graphic part, including those created in Outline Art. This module goes hand-in-hand with SpeedLine. Your cost is US $100.00 or $140.00 CDN. ----- - Brush Module - The Brush Module is a raster graphics editor with two command groups: the first allows you to select from a palette of 20 brush sizes and shapes, including one that is variable; the second accesses the same color table that is available in the other modules. This means you can now color raster graphics! Your cost is only US $30.00 or $40.00 CDN. ----- - GridPlay Module - The GridPlay Module was written for those who realize that a computer is designed for fun as well as productivity. This electronic version of the old favourite is a great way to relieve a little tension during page layout and design. Any frame, even a grouped frame, can be scrambled into a grid which you then rearrange back into the correct order. The level of difficulty is your choice. One mouse click will return the frame to its original form. Your cost is US $15.00 or $20.00 CDN. ----- - SpeedLine Autotracer Module - The SpeedLine Module provides monochrome autotracing, converting illustrations to vector graphics. It automatically creates vectors, using B‚zier curves, lines and areas. The user interface offers several optimizing functions that enable you to define line, angle and pixel correction together with conversion options for B‚zier curves and line art. SpeedLine quickly converts any raster graphic to a vector graphic which can then be modified by any of the Calamus drawings tools such as the Vector Graphic or Line Art modules as well as Outline Art. Your cost is US $50.00 or $70.00 CDN. ----- - Mount Module - The Mount Module allows the user to print more than one half-size page on each sheet of letter-size paper. This tool provides basic imposition ability for automatic paste-ups. You can also use Mount to print muliple pages on each letter size sheet. Your cost is US $50.00 or $70.00 CDN. ----- - Simple Pleasures - Simple Pleasures is a handy utility that is used to create a variety of geometric shapes in CVG format. This utility takes the guess work out of drawing by using your input to create perfectly symmetrical objects. They can be polygons, stars or splashes and you can control the number of sides, the inner diameter position as well as the angle. Any objects you create can be used as-is in Calamus or be further modified using either Outline Art, Line Art or the Vector Graphic Module. Your cost is US $20.00 or $30.00 CDN. ----- - Allcurve Program - Allcurve is a utility for creating linearity curves for Calamus SL. These can affect an entire range of attributes including intensity and color hue. Create curves effortlessly by clicking in the curve window you want to change. The editing window has a STORE option which allows you to copy the currently selected curve to the other curve windows. The curves are defined using B‚ziers. This utility supports the following Calamus curves: CK1, 3, 4 and 7 and Cranach CLT and CLE curves. This utility is also useful for creating UCR and GCR curves, color tints, effects and intensity filters for grayscale and color images. Your cost is US $25.00 or $35.00 CDN. ----- - Kodak Photo CD Import Driver - The Photo CD process starts with your own camera. Bring any roll of 35mm film to an authorized photoprocessor and ask for a Photo CD disk. Virtually all the visual information in each original photograph is stored and compressed on CD. Each picture is stored in one file at 5 different resolutions (128x192, 256x384, 512x768, 1024x1536 and 2048x3072) so you can choose the resolution that best fits your needs and import the image and resolution of your choice directly into your Calamus SL document. With this import driver you will have access to the many thousands of quality images available in this format. Your cost is US $20.00 or $30.00 CDN. ----- - USER to USER TIPS - A recap of the USER to USER concept: USER to USER files are written by Calamus SL owners like yourself. The authors have presented their work to assist other users and, at the same time, have earned discounts on their own future purchases from DMC Publishing. The entire USER to USER program has been highly successful. I highly recommend these files to everyone, regardless of your experience with Calamus SL. They are full of hints, tips and tutorials. All USER to USER TIPS files are the copyright of DMC Publishing, Inc. (1992, 1993, 1994) and ALL RIGHTS are RESERVED. At the time of this printing, there are hundreds of USER to USER files in the DMC Library on GEnie available for downloading. For those of you without GEnie access, we have compiled some of these files for you in various sets. Without a doubt these can be of assistance to you. As you master Calamus SL, you may consider authoring your own USER to USER TIP one day. If you have any questions or suggestions, please send them to the USER to USER TIP Administrator, Lou Rocha, at his GEnie address (ST.LOU) or by regular mail care of DMC Publishing, 2800 John St., Unit 10, Markham, Ont. Canada L3R 0E2 - USER to USER Volume 1 - DISK 1 32 LPCM Raster Settings 50GRAYS Raster Tables and Chart CROPMARK Registration and Cropmarks DYN_LINK Dynamic Linking Tutorial GRAY_DPY Grayscale Tables and Chart PANTONE1 Pantone Color Tables TEXTFILES CAL_FEAT Text info 1.09N/SL features SL_TIPS Text info on USER to USER Program SUPRCELL Text info for Color Separation/DTP RGEN_SET Text info for Raster Generator Module [8.0] FORMATS Text list of Calamus SL File Formats DJ_FIX Text info for DeskJet(c) users MARIO1 Mario's TIP message #1 MARIO2 Mario's TIP message #2 MARIO3 Mario's TIP message #3 XPTCOLOR Refined Pantone Color Table and Chart DISK 2 BASESTYL Text Style List FILLPATT Fill Patterns and Tutorial KTABLE 2 versions of K Monochrome Tables NEW_LIST Text Style List and Tutorial SL_MAP Chart of SL Icons/Menus TEMPLATE USER to USER Template UNDRLINE Text Style List and Tutorial DISK 3 BUILT_IN Macro Tutorial and Fix DEFAULTS * Corrected system defaults * * New macro file and template * KEY_CARD Reference Card for new macros SPECIALS Special Characters Tutorial DISK 4 DBL_4 Double Page Conversion Tutorial MASTERPG Master Page Layouts and Tutorial RULERS_4 Text Ruler Tutorial TILING 2 Tiling Frame Tutorials Your cost for the first volume of User to User disks is US $20.00 or $30.00 CDN. We recommend it highly. The hints and tips are helpful and informative. - USER to USER Volume 2 - DISK 5 TILETIP 3 - Third and final tutorial, Tiling in the Print function. DISK 6 SPOTCOLR.A - Tutorial demonstrating spot color printing. DISK 7 SPOTCOLR.B - Sample files for the tutorial on spot color printing; DEADEYE contains CVG registration marks for high quality layout work; PKSINDEX and PKSMASTR contain a reference card and template for the new PKS Write macro file which is also included. DISK 8 STICKYTAB - A full tutorial on the use of SL's "sticky tab" system; STYLE_1, 2 and 3 are tutorials on the Text Style module from introductory to advanced use. DISK 9 BOOKLIST - Mario's DTP reference list; CAL_LIB1, a 100 page detailed listing of Calamus files on GEnie; CFN_SHOW, a very good desk accessory for previewing fonts before loading; CVG - 2, sample graphics including a color CVG; FONTPAGE, IMGS' of the complete SL character set and ASCII locations; USER.TXT, 9 informative text files from the ST RT on GEnie. Your cost for the second volume of User to User disks is US $20.00 or $30.00 CDN. - USER to USER Volume 3 The Color Conversion Set CLR_CONV.TOS - a tutorial on color format conversions with a mini-primer on process colors along with Pantone Matching System color tables and pre-set color CFT's. CLR_TABL.TOS - 168-color and 256-K tables in a larger "reference" format, along with a standardized 256-gray .CFT, table, and all-256 grays printer test sheet. A color conversion worksheet is included for developing custom tables in SL or Outline Art 3. This archive supplements CLR_CONV.TOS. The RasGen Set RG_U2U_1.TOS The 1st of 3 parts of the definitive Raster Generator User to User Tutorial, covering most aspects of gray and color halftone production using Calamus SL. RG_U2U_2.TOS The 2nd of 3 parts, RASGEN_2.CDK (pages 12-38 of the tutorial.) RG_U2U_3.TOS The 3rd of 3 parts. It includes an improved all-256 shades test sheet/reference, 14 reference tables (pages 39-71), and a LPI to LPCM conversion chart. RASM_LDW.TOS The "Rast-a-matic" Raster Generator Module Simulator Spreadsheet. It makes a great tool for experimenting with the Raster Generator's various settings. You must have LDW POWER to use this file. Your cost for the Volume Three of User to User is US $20.00 or $30.00 CDN. ----- - Invision Elite 2.0 - Create sophisticated black and white or COLOUR raster images with Invision Elite. Stretch! Skew! Bend! Copy! Thin! Thicken! Rotate! Outline! Anything! If you can think of it, chances are that Invision Elite does it. Using images that you create in the program, or ones from other sources, you can manipulate your graphics to achieve stunning visuals. For example, you could load an entire page from Calamus SL and bend it into the shape of an "S". Invision Elite's simple, easy-to-use features offer limitless possibilities. Invision Elite unleashes the power of your own creativity. If you own Invision Elite 1.x, your cost to upgrade to the new color version 2.0 is US $25.00 or $35.00 CDN. Invision Elite, version 2.0, is US $150.00 or $210.00 CDN. - Outline Art 3.0 - In addition to all the features that made Outline Art 1.0 a standard, the new Outline Art 3.0 presents more import/export options, color tables (Calamus SL color tables can also be used), keyboard equivalents for most functions, a new set of calculator functions, online context-sensitive help providing complete descriptions from inside the program, a user-definable UNDO feature which allows you to preset the starting point, the ability to import and manipulate text files and even access the extended character set. The cost to upgrade to Outline Art 3.0 from version 1.0 is US $70.00 or $100.00 CDN. The retail price of Outline Art 3.0 is US $150.00 or $210.00 CDN. ----- - DMC's Calamus Service Bureau - DMC offers 1200 and 2400 dpi Calamus output in letter, legal or tabloid size to film or typesetter paper, in-house. We also offer scanning, file preparation, design work, illustration, media transfers, chromalin, color keys and file conversions. Files may be sent via modem to GEnie, Compuserve, Delphi or direct to DMC upon request. Please call for further details. ----- - EPS to CVG - As the name implies, this program will convert Encapsulated PostScript files (Illustrator 1.1) to Calamus CVG format for use in Calamus 1.09N (CVG 1.0) and Calamus SL (CVG 1.0 and 1.1). You may also choose to replace embedded PostScript fonts during the conversion process. EPS to CVG will convert graphics with either serialized or unserialized Calamus fonts. Your cost is US $70.00 or $100.00 CDN. ----- - Focoltone Color Matching System - Why use Focoltone? Process color is made from dots of four standard inks, cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The printer makes four printing plates and needs to know the exact dot value for each color. If your work will be printed process, choose colors from the Focoltone Color library. Spot colors are specific ink colors. The printer must specially mix the inks and make a printing plate for each color. The Focoltone Color System includes a 763 color Swatch Book, a set of 16 Color Charts that contains process color specifications, the Color Specifier Chip Book with 5 swatches of each color perforated for error free communication, or a set of 16 color charts on newsprint. Any of the above Focoltone items can be purchased separately. When working with color, the Focoltone Swatch Book is a superb and constant companion. It has generous color areas for better selection and consists of 763 achievable colors. A wide range from deep vibrant colors to subtle pastels and greys. Each swatch book contains the percentage information and the spot color ink mixes for each color. The swatch book is part of a complete control system for designer, pre-press and printer. More in-depth material is available upon request. All items are in stock now. ----- - Vector Graphic Clip Art Library - Containing over 800 vector graphic clip art files, this vector graphic library was regularly priced at $100.00. Order yours now. The cost is US $30.00 or $40.00 CDN. ----- - Font Editor - The Calamus Font Editor is a designer's tool for the creation of fonts, graphic objects and pictures in a vector format. A partial list of features includes: a graphical interface; snap for background image; freely adjustable guidelines; automatic kerning; two sizes for presentation; more than 160 editable characters; a clipboard; a built-in calculator employing italics, free rotation, mirror imaging (both vertical and horizontal) and font condensing. The Font Editor also includes 28 classic additional typefaces. Your cost is US $50.00 or $70.00 CDN. ----- - Font Catalog *NEW* - DMC in Germany just finished a brand new DMC Font Catalog. This compilation displays more than 2,000 licensed original typesetters fonts in CFN format. This is excellent reference material for all those involved in desktop publishing. Your cost is US $20.00 or $30.00 CDN. These Catalogs just arrived from Germany and are now in stock! ----- - Calamus for Windows NT - The suggested retail price of the Windows NT version of Calamus will be US $795.00 or $1,095.00 CDN. It will include all of the features which we've all learned to appreciate in Calamus SL along with a few new ones. The Windows NT version of Calamus, version 1.5, will begin shipping in October. All registered owners of Calamus SL will be entitled to a substantial discount against the purchase price. The cost to purchase Calamus for your Windows NT workstation is US $400.00 or $560.00 CDN. For those of you that might want to jump the gun, we do have a solid version now available although we haven't yet finished the manual. You will require Windows NT. Development continues on Calamus for Windows NT and a number of features will change. As of today, here are answers to what I expect will be some of the more commonly asked questions: DMC intends to support every platform that supports Windows NT. In the initial release, Calamus for Windows NT will be available for the Intel I386/I486/Pentium and MIPS R4000 RISC based platforms. This also includes the DEC Alpha and the Olivetti M700-10 R4000 ARC and LocalBus supported motherboards. Calamus will utilize any graphic adapters / monitors installed and running under Windows NT in respect to resolution & colors. This also applies to hardware accelerators as long as they are supported by Windows NT. Finally, DMC will be participating along with IBM in the worldwide launch of the IBM Power PC. We will be showing the Power PC version of Calamus running under Windows NT. Calamus supports TrueType as well as CFN fonts. All those professional fonts you've gotten from us over the years are entirely compatible with the Windows NT version of Calamus. The latest version of Calamus SL and the Windows NT version of Calamus are compatible. There is built-in support for all Windows NT printer drivers, which includes networked printers and multiple PostScript devices. There are new functions added into Calamus for Windows NT such as : OLE, DDE, Document Properties (creator, comments, security) functions, new frame scaling dialogue, PostScript support (printing & import), scanner module, TrueType support, built-in network functions, Drag & Drop and many more. It has been one of the major goals to make Calamus a "true" Windows NT product and this also includes support for OLE (Object Linking and Embedding). Calamus for Windows NT will act as an OLE client and OLE objects can be imported into the newly defined frame type called Calamus Uniframe. DDE functions (Dynamic Data Exchange) are also a part of Windows and will therefore be supported in Calamus for Windows NT. The first implementation of DDE will be in the text formatting functions where DDE control codes can be inserted allowing the text to be dynamically updated from other applications - this also applies if changes have been done while the Calamus document was not loaded. The DDE support in Calamus will also include NetDDE. Calamus allows the user to import EPS files directly into a Uniframe with or without a preview option. The NT version lets the user import complex PostScript documents (.PS) directly into a frame for later output. Calamus will fully support the built-in Clipboard functions for text and graphics - this also includes sharing of clipboard contents over the network. The Windows clipboard functions will be integrated in the Calamus pull-down menus and correspond to the Windows standards (Cut/Copy/Paste, etc.). DMC offers an advanced Color Blend module that allows the user to create high quality color blends by simply entering CMYK (or RGB) values. The Color Blend module handles plain blends (in different directions/angles that can be entered in 1/100 degrees) and circular blends (with different flow types). All blends can be defined as "tri-step" (CMYK1->CMYK2->CMYK3), e.g. from 100% magenta to 50% cyan to 100% yellow). Color blends can be 4-color separated and rasterized with high quality rasters. Drag & Drop functions are allowed on frame basis between open documents (simply drag the frame from one document to the other). Initially, Drag & Drop will be implemented in the text editor. DMC will extend the use of Drag & Drop in the future. When Microsoft designed Windows NT, one of their major goals was hardware independency, meaning that the Windows NT system was meant to run on a variety of platforms. This is accomplished by introducing different hardware abstraction layers (HAL) and using drivers for each type of adapter board. This means that you can connect a SCSI scanner (supported by the Calamus scanner module) to every SCSI adapter that is supported in Windows NT - without having to worry about drivers & software for that specific SCSI adapter. DMC has introduced a complete new "in-house" text editor for the Windows NT version of Calamus. This text editor supports anchored frames, direct import or export of ASCII and CTX files plus the possibility to view different positions in the text at the same time! The new text editor is based on pull-down menus and incorporates real time scrolling plus advanced search/replace functionality. There will be an option for choosing between the standard Windows NT file selector and the extended Calamus file selector (where you can create directories, rename files, etc.). All documents created by Calamus for Windows NT are interchangeable between different Windows NT hardware platforms - no matter the CPU type. This is transparent whether it is an Intel I486, MIPS R4000 or DEC Alpha APX based platform. This also applies on documents shared on the network. Calamus for Windows NT supports full background printing plus remote network printing - no matter the platform. The modular concept of Calamus allows easy addition of new modules and filters. The following list is an overview of all modules, import and export drivers which will be included in the first Calamus release on all three platforms. Modules: ------- ù Clipboard ù Frame ù Text ù Text Style ù Line ù Raster Area ù Vector Editor ù OLE 1.0 Handler ù EPS (Level 1) File Handler ù Raster Generator ù 4 Color Separation ù System Parameters ù Windows Clipboard Handler ù Brush ù StarScreening (FM Screening) ù Color List Converter ù Document Converter (exchange Atari <-> Windows NT) ù Text Editor ù Mask (dynamic masking) ù Toolbox (frame handling) ù Color Blend ù Scanner (color management links), no drivers included Import drivers -------------- Bitmap: ù TIFF 6.0 (Tagged Image File Format) ù GIF 89a (Compuserve Graphic Interchange Format) ù Targa 2.0 (Truevision Targa Format) ù BMP (Windows 3.1 / NT Bitmap format) ù PCX (PC Paintbrush) ù IMG (GEM Image) ù CRD (Calamus Raster Document) ù MAC (MacPaint monochrome bitmaps) Vector: ù CVG 1.1 (Calamus Vector Graphic) ù WMF (Windows Metafile Stripper, WMF -> Vector frame) ù CVD (Calamus Vector Document) ù HPGL (Hewlett Packard Graphic Language) ù DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) Text: ù ASCII (Multi-language import + ANSI import) ù Write (Write for Windows 3.1 / NT formats) ù RTF (Rich Text Format 1.0) ù Word 2.0 (Word for Windows 2.0 - std. template) ù WP (WordPerfect 4.2, 5.0, 5.1) ù CTX (Calamus Text Format - 1.09N compatible) ù CTD (Calamus Text Document) ù AMI (Lotus Ami Pro 3.0) Export drivers -------------- Bitmap: ù TIFF 6.0 (LZW & CCIT compressions) ù CRD (Calamus Raster Document) ù BMP (Windows 3.1 / NT Bitmap format) Vector: ù CVD (Calamus Vector Document) ù WMF (Enhanced Windows Metafile) Text: ù Write (Write for Windows 3.1 / NT formats) ù RTF (Rich Text Format 1.0) ù ASCII (Multi-linguage import + ANSI import) ù CTD (Calamus Text Document) There will be many additional optional modules and drivers. Here is a partial list: ù HELL (Import driver, Hell Exabyte based CYMK Bitmaps) ù Scitex (Import driver, CYMK separations) ù Agfa Scanner drivers (Module in standard package included) ù Typesetter drivers (SoftRipping support) ù Pro Blend Module ù StarScreening Pro Module ù Transparency Module ù Line Art Module ù Bridge Module ù Library Clipboard Module Purchase Calamus for Windows NT today. 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DATE_________________ SIGNATURE_________________________________________________________________ US CDN Calamus SL Upgrade (from August/November 93) 49.95 70.00 $___ Calamus SL Upgrade (from prior to July 93) 119.95 170.00 $___ Outline Art 3.0 150.00 210.00 $___ Outline Art 3.0 Upgrade from 1.0 S/N ____________ 70.00 100.00 $___ The Calamus Font Editor 50.00 70.00 $___ INVISION Elite 150.00 210.00 $___ INVISION Elite Color Upgrade S/N ________________ 25.00 35.00 $___ Vector Graphic Module 100.00 140.00 $___ SpeedLine Autotrace Module 50.00 70.00 $___ Color Separation Module 50.00 70.00 $___ PageTool 50.00 70.00 $___ Brush Module 30.00 40.00 $___ Mount Module 50.00 70.00 $___ Bridge Module 150.00 210.00 $___ Mask Module 150.00 210.00 $___ Gridplay Module 15.00 20.00 $___ Toolbox/Clipboard Module 80.00 110.00 $___ Line Art Module 150.00 210.00 $___ StarScreening Module 150.00 210.00 $___ Allcurve Program 25.00 35.00 $___ Simple Pleasures 20.00 30.00 $___ EPS2CVG 70.00 100.00 $___ USER to USER TIPS Volume 1 20.00 30.00 $___ USER to USER TIPS Volume 2 20.00 30.00 $___ USER to USER TIPS Volume 3 20.00 30.00 $___ Kodak Photo-CD Driver for Calamus SL 20.00 30.00 $___ Focoltone Color Swatch Book 79.00 110.00 $___ Focoltone Set of 16 Color Charts 169.00 235.00 $___ Focoltone Color Specifier Chip Book 200.00 280.00 $___ Vector Graphic Clip Art Library (800+ files) 30.00 40.00 $___ DMC Font Catalog 20.00 30.00 $___ Calamus for Windows NT 400.00 560.00 $___ Original Typesetters Fonts for Calamus ___________________________ $___ ___________________________ $___ ___________________________ $___ ___________________________ $___ ___________________________ $___ Note: When ordering fonts, to eliminate confusion, please indicate clearly the Font Foundry, Typeface Family, Name and Style, along with the price. (i.e.; CG Times Bold Italic) Shipping and Insurance: US and Canadian orders, please add $10, all other countries add $20. $___ Canadian residents please add 7% GST. $___ Ontario residents please add 8% PST. $___ Total $___