Film Recorder Support Under PowerPoint for Windows (65730)

SUMMARY

As of September 1990, the following film recorder manufacturers are writing or have drivers for the Windows environment. Drivers listed below can be used to send output to the appropriate film recorders. If you use Matrix film recorder (PCR, QCR), you may want to consider the options listed under "More Information."

   Manufacturer        Film Recorder       Driver Availability
   ------------        -------------       -------------------

   Mirus               Filmprinter         Available
   (800) 654-0808

   Presentation        Montage             Available
   Technologies
   (800) 782-2543
   Sales Department

   Lasergraphics       LFR, LFR plus       Alpha version available;
   (714) 753-8292                          shipping 4th quarter 1990
   Tech Support

   Polaroid            Digital Palette     Shipping 4th Quarter 1990
   (800) 225-1618                          Windows 95 driver should be
   Electronic                              available by end of 1995,
   Imaging Group                           according to Zenographics.

   As of July, 1995, the most commonly used film recorder used with
   PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows is the Polaroid Film Recorder driver created
   by Zenographics. Zenographics has created three versions of this driver
   for Windows 3.x. These drivers come with a spooler as a package and the
   package restructures Control Panel Printers. Note that these drivers may
   or may not work under Windows 95. Currently, these drivers are not
   supported by Microsoft and have not been tested. Zenographics can be
   contacted at (800) 524-3388 or (714) 851-6352

   General Parametrics Photo Metric Slide  Currently under development
   (415) 524-3950       Maker 250          (NAPLPS .PIC format)

MORE INFORMATION

General Parametrics film recorders use the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (NAPLPS) .PIC format. This is not the same as Lotus .PIC files. Micrografx has a Windows 2.x driver that can be used by Windows 3.0 running in Real-mode only.

AGFA's Matrix film recorders use the Scan Conversion Object Description Language (SCODL) developed by Matrix. AGFA interfaces with QuickDraw and uses it as the rasterizer on the Macintosh. Currently, a similar interface method with Windows facilities is not available through AGFA.

If you use Matrix or Management Graphics film recorders, the following options are available from third-party Windows and non-Windows-application vendors for achieving output from your film recorders.

"Freedom of the Press" from Custom Applications is a software PostScript raster image processor. For additional information about "Freedom of the Press," call the sales department at Custom Applications at (800) 873- 4367.
Micrografx has developed a driver (version 2.4) to create SCODL files. Files created with the Micrografx driver can then be imaged using the Matrix Conductor software. Currently, the Matrix Vector Processor (MVP) Conductor software and rasterizer will operate from Windows 2.1 and 2.11 or Windows 3.0 in real mode. Micrografx can be reached at (800) 733- 3729; for Sales, press 1, then 2.
If you have PowerPoint for Windows and the Macintosh, use the Apple File Exchange (AFE) and the PowerPoint filter (available for the $4.50 shipping cost) to translate the Windows presentation to the Macintosh and image from the Macintosh using the Conductor Image Management software. The PowerPoint filter with AFE will translate PowerPoint objects and imported graphics. To obtain the PowerPoint filter, call the Microsoft Order Desk at (800) 360-7561. If you are outside the United States, contact the Microsoft subsidiary for your area. To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/
Graphx has developed a product called Raster Plus that allows a variety of MS-DOS-based and Windows-based programs to image to a Matrix film recorder. Graphx advertises that this product includes support for PowerPoint for Windows. Raster Plus ships with a Windows 3.0 driver called the WinSlideService driver. Files printed to the WinSlide driver can then be imaged by Raster Plus to Matrix, Solitaire, Polaroid, or Samurai film recorders. In addition, Raster Plus ships with a screen capture utility that will capture any VGA graphics or text screen and save it as a Raster Plus file. Graphx can be contacted at (508) 975- 5424.