Rubicon v2.0 Bell/Hopkins                REGISTRATION $ 89.00
WORD FEB90  BELL RUBICON DESK TOP PUBLISHING LASERJET HP
FILES: rubicon1.sdn rubicon2.sdn rubicon3.sdn

NEW RELEASE

The Publisher is a  computer software product which  performs
functions equivalent to the traditional task of  typesetting:
that  is,  the  formatting  and  arrangement in type, page by
page, of written text, in the page layouts, type fonts, etc.,
chosen by the user.

The Publisher consists of  two main parts: (1)  a typesetting
language consisting of "tags" (instructions) concerning  page
layout, font selection,  etc., which can  be inserted by  the
user at appropriate  locations in a  computer text file;  and
(2)  an  executable  "batch  processor"  program  which, upon
command,  accepts  a  computer  text  file including such tag
instructions, interprets and acts on the tags, and  transmits
the results directly to a printer (or, optionally, to a  disk
file for later transmission to the printer).

The Publisher  is both  user-friendly and  sophisticated. The
novice,  or  casual  user,  who  has  no  detailed  technical
knowledge  of  typesetting  techniques,  and is familiar with
only the most basic of the Publisher's instruction tags,  can
copy or  adapt the  examples given  later in  this Manual  to
generate documents of professional appearance in a variety of
single- and multi-column layouts and formats. In the hands of
a  more  knowledgeable  user,  the  Publisher  is  capable of
producing  work   equivalent  to   the  finest   conventional
typesetting, as found in books and magazines of high quality.

2.2 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

COMPUTER

The  Publisher  supports  the  IBM personal computers (PC/XT,
PC/AT  or  PS/2)  and  other  compatible microcomputers. If a
printer using  soft fonts  is employed,  the computer  should
have  sufficient  hard  disk  space  for  storage of the soft
fonts. The  short procedure  for installing  the Publisher on
such  a  computer  has  been  explained  in  Section 1.  More
complete  information  about  installation  is  given  in the
Appendix.

OPERATING SYSTEM

The Publisher supports  the MS-DOS operating  system, version
2.1 or newer.

PRINTER

The Publisher supports the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet  printer,
printers which  are set  up to  emulate a  LaserJet, and also
supports Postscript devices. The model of printer being  used
is  specified  by  the  instruction  tag  <model=>;  see  the
Appendix.

PHOTO TYPESETTER

The Publisher supports any Postscript device.

FONTS SUPPORTED

The  Publisher  supports  a  variety  of fonts: the available
selection depends  on the  type of  printer (or  other output
device) being used.

For LaserJet  printers, the  Rubicon fonts  supplied with the
Publisher, namely the Trajan (serif) and Renner (sans  serif)
families, are  supported.   The Publisher  also supports  the
following Hewlett Packard families  of fonts, which the  user
may already own or may acquire: Courier, Line Printer,  Times
Roman, and Helvetica.  Installation procedures to  make these
Hewlett Packard fonts accessible  to the Publisher are  given
in the Appendix.

For Postscript devices, the 35 standard Postscript fonts are 
supported, using Adobe font names.

(SDA format Copyright 1990 SDN Project for SDNet/Works! (sm))