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From: mec@mtfmi.att.com (M.CONNICK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacPrint vs Grappler LS
Message-ID: <1298@mtfmi.att.com>
Date: 1 Aug 89 13:33:01 GMT
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In article <3255@internal.Apple.COM> parent@apple.com (Sean Parent) writes:

>One for the LS. Also, does MacPrint come with a spooler so you can work in 
>the background. (Tip. The current version of the Grappler LS uses LESS 
>memory when the spooler is on).

No, MacPrint does not have any spooler included with it.

>No screen-dumps are not supported (they don't work with the LaserWriter 
>either!). The memory required by the LS is more like 1/4 Meg.

Screen dumps most certainly do work with MacPrint, and with the PD
DeskJet driver as well.

>How does MacPrint handle text line layout. (If you print text that is 
>fully justified does it line up correctly? And does a line of text that 
>contains SOME boldfaced words print correctly.) The LS handles these cases 
>very well.

MacPrint handles these cases just fine.

>How does MacPrint handle pattern stretching. (If you draw a rectangle in 
>MacDraw and fill it with wavy lines do they print as wavy lines or as a 
>shade of gray.) The LS stretches pattern by 3x not 4x as they should be 
>but still better then not stretching them are stretching them by 2x as 
>most drivers I've seen do.

I don't know about MacDraw, but using the Draw layer of SuperPaint
2.0, fill patterns print out correctly with MacPrint, even at 300
dpi.

>How does draft mode work on MacPrint? On the LS it uses the built in 
>courier font that in 10pt matches the supplied courier very well. You get 
>very fast nice looking output. The LS also has a faster quality for 72 dpi 
>fans.

Not only does MacPrint have on screen fonts for the built-in HP fonts,
but it also supports all the cartridge fonts as well. You can select
the built-in or cartridge fonts in your Mac program, see what they
look like on your screen, and print them out at very high speed. You
can even mix HP fonts and QuickDraw fonts on the same line! The HP
fonts are not handled as "draft" fonts, rather as normally selectable
fonts that happen to print out very quickly. There is no draft mode
in MacPrint.

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Michael Connick    att!mtfmi!mec        201-957-3057
AT&T Bell Labs     MT 3F-113	        (Dept. 79153)