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From: straka@cbnewsc.att.com (richard.j.straka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: new apple printer??   myth or reality???
Summary: Aliasing
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.140851.3295@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 20 Dec 90 14:08:51 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <665@ge1ccj.Quotron.com>, jeff@ge1ccj.Quotron.com (jeff marder) writes:
> 
> I was told at a retail outlet that MACWEEK reported that Apple is coming
> out with a new printer, list $600, that has better resolution than a
> HP deskwriter.  Any comments or release dates???

Yes, I know: 360DPI is a good number (5x the basic 72dpi resolution) in that
it will print out 72dpi with 5x5 dots per pixel (I guess that's good), BUT,
what about all of those 300DPI bitmaps out there?

Aliasing, anyone?  I can see it now: "Precision bitmap alignment:
20% reduction" in the bubblejet page setup dialog box.

I think that 360DPI should have been the standard in the first place, but it
would seem that 300DPI has a large amount of momentum going.

Any comments?
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Richard Straka                    AT&T Bell Laboratories, IH-6K311
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