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From: bcripe@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Brian E. Cripe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: DeskJet SoftFonts
Message-ID: <101950159@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 29 Oct 90 23:59:08 GMT
References: <1990Oct23.072813.9486@canterbury.ac.nz>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>> I have a feeling that these would be similar.
>
> They are different, as I understand it.  

The actual format of the font data differs significantly.  One objective
when designing peripherals is to pump font data through the system and
out your print engine as fast as possible.  The print engines for
DeskJet and LaserJet are very different (a 50 dot scanning head vs. a
row-at-a-time laser), so the format of the data is correspondingly
different.

The original DeskJet would have had a very difficult time using its
puny little Z80 to transform LaserJet fonts on the fly.

	Brian Cripe - ex-printer designer
	Hewlett-Packard

P.S.  Sorry, but I don't have any specific information on the format
of either DeskJet or LaserJet fonts.