Bitstream will Leverage Novell Technology to Provide Ubiquitous Delivery of Information; Bitstream to Provide Integrated Font Services for NetWare 4.SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 1995--Users of Novell's NetWare 4 will be able to access and print any font anywhere on future NetWare networks, Bitstream announced today. Bitstream will deliver its new font server, Advanced Font Services for NetWare (AFSN AFSN Air Force Service Number AFSN Air Force Spacetrack Network ), that will use the service framework of Novell's next generation print technology, NetWare Distributed Print Services (NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services) A full-featured printing protocol co-developed by Novell, Xerox and HP that provides print services on NetWare file servers. ). NDPS will centralize cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. and respond to all printing requests on NetWare heterogenous (spelling) heterogenous - It's spelled heterogeneous. networks. Together, Bitstream's font server and Novell's NDPS will resolve font printing issues on demand and ensure an extensible set of font services for NetWare 4.1 and future users. Within this framework, clients will be able to view, install and access fonts directly from the network rather than taking up precious local disk space. Corporations can create a central repository of fonts that can be accessed by all platforms and printers with an audit trail for site licensing and font royalty accounting. "When Advanced Font Services for NetWare are used in conjunction with NDPS, it will offer end users easy-to-use font management interfaces, system administration and versatility in its ability to satisfy all font requests," said Glen Rippel, Director of Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , of Bitstream Inc. "Bitstream's AFSN provides optimal font management and security -- allowing both client and network administrators to take advantage of the server." About Advanced Font Services for NetWare AFSN will satisfy any font request made to NDPS, whether it comes from a client, printer or application on the network. Because NDPS is a network service supporting multiple network devices, multiple requests for the same fonts may occur and are allowed with no restrictions. AFSN provides for any number of fonts, from any vendor, including foreign character sets and symbols. As new font formats emerge, they may also be added as a new font format type. As documents move within a work group or enterprise, having a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. font repository for both clients and printers contributes to printer efficiency and space savings. AFSN will also allow both TrueType and Type 1 fonts The most widely used type of PostScript font. In Windows, each font is composed of a .PFB and .PFM file, which are stored in the \PSFONTS and \PSFONTS\PFM folders. Sometimes, \PSFONTS is in the \WINDOWS folder (\WINDOWS\PSFONTS). to be accessible on the same font server, consolidating font storage and simplifying font management. Advanced Font Services also provides for the installation, grouping and removal of new fonts dynamically at any time. Groups of fonts can be defined or retrieved based on many different criteria, such as Elseware's PANOSE font classification scheme. The search, retrieval and management of fonts offered by AFSN allows corporations to optimize the list of available fonts as well as control access. The security of special fonts that contain signatures, or special letterhead and proprietary symbols gives corporations control of a large font library with the ability to restrict access by user or device. Advanced Font Services for NetWare is comprised of Bitstream's core OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and technologies -- the TrueDoc Printing System, TrueDoc font imaging technology, a NetWare repository of fonts and client GUIs for end-users and system administrators. Novell's Advanced Printing Solution Most environments that use NetWare are diverse, embracing several client operating systems See desktop operating system. such as DOS, Windows, Windows 95 and Macintosh. Printers that serve the network may receive requests from any of the attached client operating systems at any time. NetWare Distributed Print Services (NDPS) will be responsible for all network print management, responding to all printing requests and seamlessly linking printers to clients and applications. Bitstream's Advanced Font Services for NetWare (AFSN) will act as a centralized resource and will satisfy all printer font A font used for printing. Printer and screen resolutions are not the same, thus fonts generated for the printer will not display accurately on screen. Contrast with screen font. requests. "NetWare Distributed Print Services' new architecture provides the foundation for reliable, industry-wide font services within Novell NetWare (operating system, networking) Novell NetWare - Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. environments," said Robert Whittle, senior product manager, NetWare Products Division, of Novell. "As a leading font supplier, Bitstream and their technologies will be valuable in responding to our customers' needs for a simplified font resource administered from a centralized network directory." NDPS will produce a more reliable and responsive set of bi-directional print services that can resolve incompatibilities between print jobs and printers, software and hardware. Within the NDPS environment, printer drivers, needed to resolve font requests between clients and printers, may reside on the print server. Printer manufacturers can take advantage of the print driver's location to accelerate their development and simplify the installation of network printers by relying on NetWare Distributed Print Services. While NDPS will automatically install print drivers, AFSN will allow NetWare fonts to be transparently presented to clients using a standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. client interface. Pricing and Availability Bitstream's Advanced Font Services will be available Q1, 1996 as both a retail and OEM product. It requires Novell NetWare 4.1 or higher, and all future releases will correspond with NetWare upgrades. The AFSN architecture is designed to be expanded and can be used with a variety of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. such as DOS, Windows, Windows 95 and Macintosh. For more information about Advanced Font Services for NetWare and Bitstream, call 617/497-6222. Bitstream Inc. Bitstream Inc. is a leading developer of graphical and imaging communications solutions. An established industry leader in typographic See typography. technology, Bitstream Inc. licenses font technology and type to over 500 hardware and software developers worldwide. Bitstream products and technologies are licensed directly or through distributors in the US, Europe and 13 nations around the world. For more information, call Bitstream OEM Sales at 617/497-6222. -0- Note to Editors: Bitstream is a registered trademark and TrueDoc is a trademark of Bitstream Inc. All other product names are the trademarks of their respective organizations. CONTACT: Bitstream Inc. Stefan Wennik, 617/497-6222 x 621 Niehaus Ryan Haller Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Melissa Walia, 415/615-7911 |
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