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From: stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: HP Deskwriter and System 7 incompatablities?
Message-ID: <780046@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 89 16:06:38 GMT
References: <8768@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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Fred writes:

>I am concerned that this and other Quickdraw based printers may be (at least
>initially) incompatable with the Outline fonts used with System-7.

How DeskWriter will operate with Apple's outline fonts will be similar to how it
works with Adobe's outline fonts.  A DeskWriter user already has the option
of turning off the CompuGraphic outline fonts and using whatever Apple's
Font Manager gives it.  In Adobe's case (and I assume Apple will have a
similar implementation) the Font Manager is modified to handle the outline
fonts, so using whatever the Font Manager gives it will result in high quality
output.

In creating System 7.0, if Apple decides to change the printing architecture
like they promised, it is possible that all printers will have to have their
drivers updated regardless of Apple's outline fonts and
regardless of whether the printer is a QuickDraw or a PostScript printer.

HP is already promising to support System 7.0 in any case.

My opinions are biased since I worked on the DeskWriter printer driver and
printer firmware.

Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard