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From: robertt@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Bob Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Deskjet Softfonts
Message-ID: <22080003@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Jun 90 15:30:14 GMT
References: <1990Jun5.034213.29402@cs.uoregon.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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Softfonts + RAM cartridges can be a better value - but only if you
are using a lot of fonts.  You are correct - any given soft font
plus a RAM cartridge does cost more than the equivalent cartridge font
(that's why we make cartridge fonts), but the next time you buy a soft
font, you don't have to buy a new cartridge - hence the savings.  What
the options are are:

if you use just a couple of fonts -
   buy cartridges - they're cheaper and simpler
if you use lots of fonts -
   buy soft fonts and RAM cartridges - they're more flexible and
   cheaper once you've bought several fonts.

bob taylor
HP Vancouver

p.s. - the reason there is no mention of having to download soft fonts
prior to starting a print job in the DeskJet manual is that until
Windows 3.0, it wasn't an issue.  Any application developer that wanted
to download fonts to a DeskJet would get a copy of our developer's guide -
which does mention this.  If the developer did his job, the user would

have no problem.  I've brought this up to our marketing folks and we
will attempt to make this clear in our future manuals.