1999-08-25: Bridge 4 goes Beta (en)

The new development of Bridge 3 for SL98 was a great success and even Bridge 3 lite (without PostScript output) was welcomed in the SL99 standard package. The beta phase of Bridge 4 starts right now. The module has been enhanced with some very important features. Some of them can be listed now:

Bridge 4: The changes in version 4.00 [1999-10-26]:

New: PS: PostScript output is much better now: Text can be exported as real PostScript text with embedded fonts (even with CFN).
New: PS: Therefore the PS files are much smaller now.
New: PS > PDF: With the help of the Adobe Acrobat Distiller you can create PDF files directly: Calamus Document >> PostScript File >> PDF Document.
New: PDF: The PDF files contain searchable text, good for Web pages.
New: PS: PPD files (PostScript Printer Description) are supported now. You may predefine various parameters of different output devices finally in your PostScript code, e.g. paper formats, rotated output, separation, etc.
New: PS: The invers Imposition module is supported. If a PS device does not have its own imposition software, simply use the Calamus imposition module now (even for more the difficult kinds of brochures, etc.).
New: PS: The invers OPI Manager is supported. You may finally export even your larger documents in PostScript.
New: PS: The invers Pling module is supported.
New: PS: Scaled output of PS files is possible now.
New: Dataformer: Now with JPEG Export.
New: Dataformer: Cut Double Pages – When exporting whole pages (e.g. in GEM Image format) double pages can now be divided in single images.
New: Dataformer: Rasterization of b&w output images is now selectable.

The new Bridge 4 Module will be priced at 299 DM. The Upgrade for all users of Bridge 3 will be 99 DM. MGI Calamus SL99 is required for Bridge 4. The beta phase starts right now. – Purchase now: – Or order your Upgrade right now!