Subject:    -1- What is Impressario?
Date: 18 Aug 1994 00:00:01 EST

  Impressario software provides a visual printing and scanning
  environment.  Impressario allows the user to control resolution,
  paper size, double-sided printing, text orientation, etc.
  Impressario gives you full printer status in a network-transparent
  manner, so you can find out locally or from a remote system when the
  printer is out of toner, out of paper, has a jam, isn't turned on,
  etc.

  Impressario contains device plug-ins for many popular printers and
  scanners.  (Printer manufactures may also provide device plug-ins
  that work under the Impressario environment.)  See the Impressario
  release notes or the question "What printers are supported by
  Impressario" for a list of supported printers.

  Impressario allows you to print many types of files (text and
  graphics).  See the question "What types of image files can
  Impressario print?" for details.

  Impressario contains a PostScript interpreter, and can often drive
  the same printer faster than the printers' built-in interpreter (at
  equal or lower cost then adding a PostScript interpreter to the
  printer).

  Impressario also supports scanners.  The Graphical Scan tool allows
  you to scan data from a scanner, file, local or remote workstation
  display and send the data to a printer, file, or workstation
  display.  The Scanner installation tool provides a simple interface
  for installing and configuring scanners on your workstation.

  The Impressario Developer's Kit allows application and device plug-in
  developers to create software that fully supports printing and
  scanning in a manner that is consistent with the Impressario
  architecture.

  The Impressario fonts subsystem contains 22 Type 1 PostScript fonts,
  which complement the base 13 fonts provided with Display PostScript.
  These additional fonts provide you with a complete set of industry
  standard fonts used in most PostScript printers.  In addition, these
  fonts can be used with the Display PostScript system to create true
  WYSIWYG applications.

  See the impressario(1) man page for additional details.