Technology defied

Other Press
staff con-
tinue to pub-
lish and d***
the Macs

Annette Martin

 

Observant and avid readers
of the Other Press will have
noticed a subtle change in
the newspaper's format this
semester.

This is due to an
ongoing problem with
software in the Mac comput-
ers that has the truculent
little machines not speaking
to the regular OP printer. A
translation problem has
been detected, or what
Joyce Robinson, Production
Resource person, calls,
“connectivity problems.”

The newspaper is
usually laid up in Quark
XPress but with the Macs
unable to print, the paper is
currently being produced on
a small PC using PageMaker
6:5;

Hamish Knox, acting

has to be printed in “tiles”
[over several sheets of paper]
because the only printer that’s
not in a conflict can’t handle
the 11 x 17 paper we have to
use.”

Does this also explain
why the photographic images
are so dark? “Yeah,” says Knox,
“For PageMaker we have to
save the pictures as JPEG files
instead of TIFFs and that

. affects the quality of the

photos. Any darkness in a
photo is not corrected by
PageMaker 6.5 as it is in
Quark.”

The problem in the Mac
software is also affecting the
word processing program, and
writers and coordinators have
to fight for time on the only
functioning PC to input their
stories.

Says Robinson, with a
touch of desperation in her
voice, “The problems will
eventually be fixed, but in the
meantime we would encourage
people with knowledge of
Macs, Quark or printer driv-
ers—especially QMS—to come
down here and help us out.”

So if you have any
expertise with touchy Macs
and their software, drop by
room 1020—you'll be wel-

  

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The Women’s Centre at
Douglas College is conducting
a safety audit.

What does this mean?

campus.

To participate in the

audit, take a minute and fill
out one of the questionnaires

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a physical walk-through of
the campus. If you'd like to
participate in the walk, you
can sign up in the concourse,
or send an email to

that are available in the
library. (Look for a box on

womenscentre@douglas.bc.ca,

Production Coordinator, or give them a call at 527-

Simply, if you have any
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