| Title: | T&N Pubs Systems and Tools Notes Conference |
| Moderator: | ISOISA::HAKKARAINEN |
| Created: | Thu Jun 29 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Dec 30 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 91 |
| Total number of notes: | 315 |
+---------------------------+ TM INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
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DATE: 12-July-1993
FROM: Jae W. Kim
DTN: 241-3437
NODE: WMOIS::KIM_J
SUBJECT: EDMS V4.0 Tools Release Announcement
This is to announce the official release of the EDM and EDMatic V4.0
applications.
The EDMS version 4.0 applications are major revisions of the EDMS
tools which provide the foundation for future tools releases and are
not backward compatible with prior versions of the EDMS tools (V3.3A
and lower). As of July 19, 1993, all sites submitting documents to
the SSB for EDMS Electronic Document Submissions should install and
utilize the EDMS V4.0 tools. Files processed prior to July 19, 1993,
with the EDMS V3.3A tools will be accepted for an interim period.
The major enhancement of the EDMS V4.0 tools is that it accepts
industry compliant PostScript files from applications from various
platforms (see below for a list of valid applications). VAX DOCUMENT
V2.0 (and lower) is no longer supported by the EDMS tools.
The executable VMSINSTALable kits, users' guides, installation guides
are available in a public directory (B17::SYS$PUBLIC) and as
individual kits orderable through the SSB. Release and installation
notes for the EDMS tools are also available in a public area.
The kit locations and part numbers along with the list of major
enhancements to the tools, as well as installation recommendations for
PUBS are attached.
If there are any questions, feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Jae
EDMS V4.0 Kits and Documentation Location:
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The location of the savesets and documentation are available in
B17::SYS$PUBLIC under the following filenames:
Saveset/doc Filename Part Numbers
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EDM V4.0 kit EDM040.A AQ-PEKFC-RE
EDMATIC V4.0 kit EDMATIC040.A AQ-PEKKC-RE
EDM user's guide EDM_V40_UG.MPS AA-PEKGE-RE
EDM install guide EDM_V40_IG.MPS AA-PEKHD-RE
EDMatic user's guide EDMATIC_V40_UG.MPS AA-PEKLE-RE
EDMatic install guide EDMATIC_V40_IG.MPS AA-PG7GD-RE
EDMS compliant file EDMS_V40_PG.MPS AA-PEKJE-RE
production guide
EDMS release notes EDMS_V40_RELEASE_NOTES.TXT
EDMS installation notes EDMS_V40_INSTALL_NOTES.TXT
EDMS V4.0 Major Enhancements:
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Some of the major enhancements for the EDMS V4.0 applications are as
follows:
- support for PDSC V3.0 (and some PDSC V2.0) formatters (the
list of valid, but not limited to, applications and formatters
from various platforms for EDMS compliance is as follows; Black
and White support unless indicated by an *)
- VAX DOCUMENT Version 2.1 and higher *
- DITROF
- Interleaf *
- DECwrite
- Arbortext
- PC Windows applications (with Microsoft or Adobe Systems print
drivers)
- Microsoft Word
- WordPerfect
- AmiPro
- Framemaker
- Pagemaker
- others
- Macintosh applications (with Adobe Systems print driver)
- Microsoft Word
- Framemaker
- Pagemaker
- others
- Adobe Photoshop *
- Adobe Illustrator *
- Aldus Freehand *
- Mechanicals V3.0 and higher *
- RAGS V4.1 and higher *
- CorelDraw
- Existing functionalities from prior EDMS versions
- EDM Printspec link to the new DOCspec V3.0 RdB database via the
EPIC server (integration with the CUBE program)
- EDMatic Motif user interface and enhanced character cell interface
- EDMatic customization features
- Document size and type designation feature within EDM
- Enhanced PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file accessibility
within EDMatic
- Flexible VMSINSTAL installation procedures for EDM and EDMatic
For further details on the changes, refer to the EDMS V4.0 release
notes. For further details surrounding the new list of EDMS compliant
applications and formatters, refer to the EDMS Compliant File
Production Guide.
EDMS V4.0 Installation Recommendations for PUBS:
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The recommended installation for the EDM application for PUBS is as
follows:
- on a local disk (versus the system disk - some system
managers prefer to have applications resident on a local
disk)
- LINK TO PRINTSPEC mode of operation (the U.S. Printspec
node location is SSBKIT; for other geographies, see your
CUBE system manager - the standalone mode of operation is
intended for proofing purposes only until further notice)
- Motif/DCL or DCL user interfaces (depending upon system
setup whether workstation or terminal based)
The recommended installation for the EDMatic application for PUBS is
as follows:
- on a local disk (versus the system disk - some system
managers prefer to have applications resident on a local
disk)
- with ONLY THE 6 MOST USED PPD FILES (153 PPD files are
included but PUBS will most likely only use the 6 Digital
specific PPD files and this limits the amount of disk space
used)
- Motif/DCL or DCL user interfaces (depending upon system
setup whether workstation of terminal based)
For further details around the installation of the EDM and EDMatic
applications, refer to the EDMS V4.0 installation notes or the EDM and
EDMatic Installation Guides.
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| 87.1 | Local shopping... | ISOISA::HAKKARAINEN | Metal questions for metal heads | Thu Jul 15 1993 10:15 | 4 |
The EDMS documentation described in .0 is located in
tools$disk:[tools.edms].
/kh
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| 87.2 | Interleaf->EDMS?? | TNPUBS::HALLOWELL | Mon Jan 24 1994 09:34 | 18 | |
Has anyone successfully submitted a book written in Interleaf through
EDMS? I mean a book written using the existing Interleaf templates.
Last week I walked through the instructions for converting my .PS files
to an EDMS suitable format, but the resulting hardcopies, complete with
crop marks, shows the information ill-fitted with the top fifth of the
pages shaved off. Even components like the title page, which I created
using the same Interleaf template I've used for ages.
Experienced and talented professionals came to my aid only to conclude
that the margins for the Interleaf documents were not compatible with
EDMS. I worked four hours Friday just modifying the title page with
little success; and now the crop marks fail to appear in the final
_COM.PS file. I'm actually losing ground in this effort.
If anyone else has experienced this, I'm willing to listen.
Rikk
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| 87.3 | Updated instructions for EDMS/Interleaf | ISOISA::kh | Cogito, ergo, er, um ... | Tue Feb 01 1994 13:55 | 90 |
Return-Path: tnpubs::smaug::kimball
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 11:17:48 -0500
From: tnpubs::smaug::kimball
To: tnpubs::o_oneil, tnpubs::phalen, tnpubs::noones, tnpubs::hakkarainen
Cc: TNPUBS::FORTEN, KIMBALL
Subject: Interleaf through EDMS Procedure
This memo describes the process for producing EDMS-compliant Interleaf
PostScript output. The process covers both 8.5X11 and 7X9 size
documents.
1) Preparing your document for PostScript output generation.
You must correctly prepare your book or document before creating the
Interleaf PostScript file. There are two things that you must do:
a) Set the correct page size for the book or document. You do this by selecting
the page properties menu and changing the page size to 7x9 or 8.5x11. You
MUST set the page size explicitly. If you have not been using a true 7x9
page size up to this point, you will have to adjust your document's margins
to obtain an acceptable-looking page. These properties do not propagate from
Catalogs, so you'll have to do it in every chapter of every book.
b) Turn off all header pages in all documents. These are the things that
generate revision information in the front of Interleaf printed output.
For example:
For: Jones on September 29 1993 blah blah...
If you leave the header pages turned on, Interleaf will generate incorrect
PostScript code, and EDMS processing will fail.
<Note to Analyst>
This failure had been caused by extraneous NULL characters in the PostScript
file. Now it seems that leaving header pages in actually causes PL2PS to
generate non-Adobe Red Book compliant PostScript! It places parentheses
around arguments that should not have them, but only when Headers are
present. Although they have been informed about the NULL character problem
numerous times, Interleaf Output Engineering may not know about this latest
problem.
2) Create a PostScript file using Interleaf
The EDMS software operates by reading PostScript files as input.
Therefore, you must create a PostScript file of the Interleaf book or
document you intend to submit electronically.
You do this by selecting one of the DESKTOP print queues from the
Printers pull-down menu inside Interleaf. You can use any of the
DESKTOP queues for 8.5X11 documents, although we recommend that you
use either DESKTOP_GNU or DESKTOP_KODAK. You MUST use the queue
DESKTOP_DECLASER for ALL 7X9 documents! There is an inherent
limitation in the printing capabilities of the other queues that
precludes their use for 7X9 document processing.
3) Processing the Interleaf PostScript output with EDMS
By now you should have a PostScript output file of your document on
your Interleaf desktop. We suggest that you move this to another
directory using the DCL COPY command so that you can work on it from
the command line.
The DCL command you use to process the Interleaf PostScript file is as
follows:
$ EDMS /NOFIN postscipt-file-name
or
/KEY=2-5-2-number
The qualifier you use depends on what stage of the electronic
submission process you are in. If you are doing a final submission,
you should use the 2-5-2 number for you product with the KEY
qualifier. If you simply need to test your file before final
submission, or before a 2-5-2 number has been assigned to your
product, use the NOFIN qualifier.
EDMS reads the Interleaf PostScript file and produces a master
PostScript output file. This file will have the same name as the
original, but with a .MPS (Master PostScript) file type.
4) Reviewing EDMS Composite or Color Separation Output
To proof your processed book or document, you must further process the
.MPS file with the EDMATIC utility. EDMATIC reads the .MPS file and
lets you create composite or color separation proofs that you can
print out. Please see the EDMATIC User's Guide issued by the
Electronic Print and Publishing Group in the SSB for more information
on how to use EDMATIC to produce proof copy.
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