Dec 17, 2019 7:33 PM

Aug 12, 2019 Scribus is cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X). This is its main advantage and its main disadvantage. It is an advantage as you can move its document files across different operating systems and the result will still look the same (try this with a MS product). It is a disadvantage as you cannot expect a native Mac OS X user interface.

Update December 2019

The ImageWriter continues to work with macOS 10.15 'Catalina'.

Some setbacks occurred that have since been addressed, thanks to Grant Bennet-Alder, etresoft (especially etresoft!) and interested others as documented in this Discussion: 32-bit ghostscript, required for ImageWriter and other printers using CUPS.

The first obstacle was that Catalina removed all support for 32-bit executables. However, compiling the existing ghostscript 8.71 source code results in a 64 bit executable, which (at least as of this writing) can be downloaded here:

• This package is signed and notarized by Etresoft, Inc. who retains the sole ability to remove it at will, so it's not possible to guarantee it will be available forever. In that unfortunate event one would need to obtain his or her own developer account and codesigning ability.

The second obstacle was that the ImageWriter devices were removed at some point in Ghostscript's development. Happily, Artifex agreed to re-introduce the ImageWriter devices in the current Ghostscript release, here:

Ghostscript For Mac

The reason they were removed to begin with appears to have been lack of interest. Installing the latest Ghostscript release isn't required unless justified for reasons beyond merely using ImageWriter printers.

Other links that may be helpful:

Summary: macOS upgrades do not break existing ImageWriter drivers—however—Ghostscript needs to be upgraded to 64-bit. To make it work, download and install Mr. Etresoft's package, or compile gs yourself from its source. The latter option can include the latest Ghostscript version, provided those devices are not removed again.

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Why did I not simply edit the User Tip with these observations? Recent ASC changes impose significant limitations on formatting and the number of images it can contain.

Ghostscript Mac Os X

Dec 17, 2019 7:33 PM