Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!psuvm!jkt100 From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Print Quality Message-ID: <90350.111658JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 16 Dec 90 16:16:58 GMT References: <47347@apple.Apple.COM> <969@sagpd1.UUCP> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 35 In article <969@sagpd1.UUCP>, monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine) says: > > The Amiga does not yet do scalable fonts as the mac so the > application must still handle the generation of the bit map. The printouts I get on my LaserJet IIP with ProPage 1.31 and Compu- graphic fonts dispute your claim that Amiga does not do scalable fonts. It most certainly does. Yes, the application handles the scaling itself, but that is because on the Mac, the scalable fonts you are referring to are Postscript; ATM works by interfacing with Postscript and downloading the fonts to the printer. If the printer is not Postscript, then ATM works exactly like the Amiga, creating the bitmap in memory and sending it as a bitmapped image. In that respect, the Mac and Amiga work the same way. And both ATM on Mac and Amiga CompuGraphic supporting applications show the fonts on the screen without jaggies. > The drivers (I believe) handle some smoothing functions, etc. The drivers do not handle the smoothing functions. Those are handled either by the applications on the computer (such as ATM on the Mac or ProPage on the Amiga) or the printer itself, if you are using Postscript and turn the smoothing function on. > Monty Saine Kurt -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- || Kurt Tappe (215) 363-9485 || With. Without. And who'll || || 184 W. Valley Hill Rd. || deny it's what the fighting's || || Malvern, PA 19355-2214 || all about? - Pink Floyd || || jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu --------------------------------------|| || jkt100@psuvm.bitnet jkt100%psuvm.bitnet@psuvax1 QLink: KurtTappe || -----------------------------------------------------------------------