From: shin-jungshik@yale.edu (Jungshik Shin)
Subject: Re: Q: Laser Ready Hangul Word Processor
Organization: Yale University
Date: 10 Oct 1992 02:08:28 -0400

In article <1992Oct9.190104.2625@news2.cis.umn.edu> Seokmin Ahn <smahn@vx.cis.umn.edu> writes:
>
>I heard that later versions are 1.5 and 2.0.  Since we don't have a laser
> printer, I believe version 1.5 can be the latest version we can use.  Is
> version 
>1.5 much better?  Does it support multi-columns?
    Arae Ah Hangul 2.0 is the latest version you can use regardless of whether
you have laser printer or not. V. 2.0 came out in the market last July  and
it can be used with Both laser and dot matrix printer. No more distinction
between laser and dot matrix version.( Before that, there are 2 kinds of Arae Ah
Hangul for each version.)
  V.2.0 supports multicolumn and whatever font size you want(it seems to use
'vector fonts'). As you may know, v.1.5 supports only 4 character sizes.
  The price of 2.0 is about $200, of which I'm not sure. It costs about $150
to upgrade from v.1.5 to v.2. My brother has not upgraded it waiting for
cost of upgrade to be cut 

>    Do we have to have a postscript printer?  Can it be any postscript
>printer?
   I'm not aware of that. But I guess v2.o supports PS. You'd better direct
your question to Internet BBSs in Koera such as KIDS(kids.kotel.co.kr.:
login: kids)  There was an article with detailed explanation of new features
in v.2.0. Be cautioned that it's written in Hangul.
>    Do I have to download the p.s. fonts everytime when I turn on the 
>computer and/or printer?  If yes, does it come with downloader utilility?
   If a laser printer has a large HDD, you only have to save fonts there the
1st time you use it. On a laser printer without HDD, you probablely have to
download everytime you turn on printer.
>   Can those p.s. fonts be downloaded (Ethernet) networked p.s. printer 
>(I need this function to use the printer at school in case we can't
>afford it)?
   You can download HANGUL fonts to a networked PS printer using whatever
command you use to send output to that printer on your host. (i.e. in
Unix, 'lpr' is such a command.  'lpr -Pprinter font_file_name' downloads
fonts to a designated printer.) After downloading Hangul fonts, you can
print out a HANGUL file in PS format containing only fonts you downloaded 
by directing it to a networked printer. ('hpscat' is an ASCII to PS translator 
for Hangul file and it's available from cair.kaist.ac.kr. by anon. FTP)
 If Hangul 2.0 can generate a PS
output and it allows PS output to be saved in a file and you have Hangul
fonts file , without purchse of laser printer, you are able to print Arae
A Hangul generated PS file on a PS printer at your school.

>   Can I save a document as a postscript file?  Is this file printable at
>a Mac 
>(with Hangul-talk installed presumably)?
  There are several   uitlities for MAC which sends a PS file to a PS printer.
With those programs, you don't need Hangul talk if you just want to send
Araa-A Hangul generated PS file to a laser printer connected to a MAC.

  By the way, I heard that sometime this Fall, Apple would announce a new
version of MAC OS with support for Korean,Japanes, and Chinese. It seems
like with it you don't have to pay 0.3 milion won to Elex to get a Hangul
talk.

  I'm afraid I don't have much useful information. Most I said may be useful
only if V.2.0 supports PS. Please direct your further question to KIDS BBS.
  

  Jungshik Shin


   


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