Re: Is Adobe violating their own standards

Steve/Aus <adlab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Postscript is the universal printer description language or is supposed
to be, or indeed it was. A postscript file created in practically any
application on any platform could be read and used in practically any app on
any platform.

that ain't necessarily so.

It was amongst the first to succesfully cross-platform and yet this
standard which should, if anything, gotten better over the years seems to be
moving further away from being universal.

In the beginning there was that cntrl-d thing that made it not mac/pc
cross platform so I'd have to question that. Whatever program read the
file had to know that the first character was cntl-d or not to know what
the file was. Mac's didn't precede all text files (postcript files) with
control-d.

My experience with this comes from the fact I use CorelDraw as my
preferred vector drawing program. Without going into precise details why, it
has a lot to do with being able to have multiple page documents and running
the files to a reel-to-reel digital label printer (not a thermal printer, a
PS3 colour laser printer).

Corecl Draw, worst PostScript generating program I ever saw.

Back to postscript, since the release of the CS suite of programs by
Adobe, I can not import EPS files created in CS programs into CorelDraw
version 12 even though it does support level three postscript. Out the
window goes the standard. EPS files created in other apps and pre-CS are not
a problem. Therefore I must conclude that the code in EPS files created by
CS programs is different.

Corel Draw, PC base, PC, Windows, created a multi-page EPS file. I was
shocked when the Red Book clearly stated that EPS had to be a single
page. But, Windows marches to the beat of a different drummer. Am I
shocked that Corel output is problematic? NO.


The work-around for this is to send the files to my bureau who opens
them in a CS program, usually Illustrator or InDesign back saves them and
then creates a new EPS file which opens into CorelDraw without a problem.
I could easily draw conclusions as what I think might be happening here
but I will refrain as there *could* well be a more logical answer. In any
case, 'why fix it if it ain't broke' certainly comes to mind.
Steve W (in Aus)

My suggestion, get a better program than Corel.
.

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