TrueImage is a PostScript-compatible interpreter (clone) originally developed by Cal Bauer and Bauer Enterprises and sold to Microsoft in 1989.[1][2][3] Microsoft subsequently cross-licensed TrueImage to Apple Computer in exchange for a TrueType license.[4] After many delays, Microsoft finally delivered version 1.0 of TrueImage to Apple; Apple announced they would be licensing PostScript Level 2 from Adobe Systems a few months later.[5][6]
Apple tried to build one product on TrueImage, but no TrueImage products were ever released by the company.[7] However, TrueImage was used in a variety of laser printers, such as Abaton[8] Okidata[9] and LaserMaster[10][11] into the mid-1990s, with limited success.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Printer Vendors Balk at Implementing True Image (Poscript Clone Faces Hardware Problems), By Kristi Coale, Page 1, InfoWorld, 30 Apr 1990
- ^ Executive Changes: Printer executive leaves Microsoft, Page 108, InfoWorld, 17 Jun 1991, ...Cal Bauer...acquired Bauer Enterprises in July 1989 to produce Tru Image, a PostScript-compatible printer driver...
- ^ Apple and Microsoft Declare War on Adobe By Greg Scott, October 30, 1989 - Volume 4, Number 17, U-M Computing News, Volume 4, Page 63
- ^ System 7.0 Delay May Stall True Type, Page 101, InfoWorld, 30 Apr 1990
- ^ Eyes focus on Trueimage, By James Daly, Page 92, Computerworld, 17 Jun 1991
- ^ Microsoft Afraid That True Image Isn't Ready for the Major Leagues, By Robert X. Cringely, Page 126, InfoWorld 9 Apr 1990, ...Bauer Postscript, now called True Image...
- ^ Driving Adobe: Co-founder Charles Geschke on Challenges, Change and Values - Knowledge@Wharton - University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2008-09-03
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). - ^ Abaton to Ship $2,995 Multiuser Laser Printer, By Kristi Coale, Page 24, InfoWorld 7 May 1990, ...The 300-dot-per-inch (dpi) printer is a Postscript clone based on the Microsoft/Bauer Postscript interpreter...
- ^ Okidata User's Guide DOC-IT 3000/4000 TrueImage Page Description Language (PDL).
- ^ LaserMaster Technologies Inc.; Microsoft Corp. (alliances) (Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances) - Software Industry Report, July 1, 1991
- ^ Microsoft backs off challenge to Adobe; in about-face, it refocuses on Windows-based printing solutions. (Microsoft will not compete with Adobe Systems Inc.'s PostScript page description language) (Trends & Technology) - Computer Shopper, October 1, 1991