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- HP DESKJET PRINTER INFORMATION
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- Version 4.11 of MusicEase incorporates support for the Hewlett-Packard
- DeskJet 500 series of printers (but not including the 540/550 series, as
- Hewlett-Packard decided to once again change the print codes for the 540
- and 550 series). This has been a much requested feature, and we are very
- excited that it is now available. But there are some unfortunate trade-offs
- involved: Speed, and Large Fonts.
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- SPEED: The method used to create the output for the HP DeskJet printer
- involves creating the output in "strips", with each strip then being
- compiled into a final printer output file. Each strip is created in
- memory, and the amount of memory required is based on the height of the
- strip. (This is similar to the process used in some popular Desktop
- Publishing applications that are on the market). We have set the individual
- strip height to a low value, in order to minimize potential "Out Of Memory"
- errors. The trade-off for this technique is that the compiling process is
- very slow.
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- LARGE FONTS: Due to the lack of an "internal" large font in some basic
- DeskJet printers, certain portions of the output may not be printed as
- large as they normally would with other printers. For example, the "Title"
- of the score is normally printed in a large font (16pt). If the DeskJet
- printer does not have a large internal font, the resulting Title for the
- printed page will be in the standard DeskJet font (12pt). If there is an
- optional font cartridge installed which provides a large font, this may not
- be a problem.
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