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- Subject: Re: LS vs. NTR
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.112437.2042@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 11:24:37 EST
- References: <1992Oct30.101727@IASTATE.EDU> <1992Nov1.182440.26878@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <meharg.720678078@sfu.ca> <1992Nov4.150009.7842@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov4.150009.7842@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, jimy@cae.wisc.edu (Jim Yu) writes:
- > Think about it. If what you're saying is correct, there would be no difference
- > between a PS printer and a bitmapper (Quickdraw if you insist).
- > I assume when you said "look identical on both printers" you meant
- > both printers prints a staircase rather than a smooth line.
- > That's probably because the application you used is not sending PS to the
- > printer. Try MacDraw (or any draw program rather than a paint program)
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- I have tried Claris CAD, which is a "draw program", on LS. The 45 degree lines
- are as smooth as I print on a Apple LW II-NTX. I can obtain thinner hatch
- lines on LS than on the II-NTX. All in all, not all "draw programs" are
- the same. (The Claris CAD is probably a "QuickDraw" "draw program", not a PS
- one.)
-
- > and you should see enormous difference. Also try a circle instead of a line.
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- I tried circle, too. Identical, too.
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- > The text output is also not identical. Try printing text with a font size
- > not installed in your system. The LS will scale to an ugly bitmap of the font
- > while the NTR will print a smooth font, at any size.
-
- You probably have the scaleable font in your system or your NTR. I don't see
- how you can print smooth font if you have ONLY the bitmap and you do not have
- the scaleable font in your NTR.
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- For the LS, if you have TrueType fonts, they will be smooth at any size. Why
- not? TrueType is scaleable. Correct me if I am wrong.
-