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From: stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: SetLineWidth: DeskWriter vs LaserWriter
Message-ID: <32730006@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 90 23:42:31 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>It seems to me that the Deskwriter usually prints quickdraw lines 
>quite a bit *thinner* than the Laserwriter.  For example the fraction
>bars in MSWord, anything from MacDrawII, etc.  
>
>Is this contrary to the previous posting?  I am assuming that these
>applications use the same Setlinewidth convention.
>George Jefferson    jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu   george@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu

The DeskWriter's lines are a bit thinner because it's spot size is higher
resolution (smaller) than the LaserWriter II's.  In fact the LaserWriter II
has a thicker line width than the old LaserWriter Plus due to the different
Cannon engine they used.  Cannon made the change to the engine to make
solid blacks darker at the expense of being able to print very thin lines.

Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard