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From: johnhlee@hermod.cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Print Quality
Keywords: Desktop Publishing, Word Processing
Message-ID: <50038@cornell.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 90 23:08:47 GMT
References: <49751@cornell.UUCP> <47459@apple.Apple.COM> <50001@cornell.UUCP> <47537@apple.Apple.COM>
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In article <47537@apple.Apple.COM> farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) writes:
[...]
>Why don't you quit saying that I misunderstood you and quit telling me what
>I am asking for.  Of course I know what I am asking for, I don't need you
>to repeat it back to me.  The problem *IS* in the system software *BECAUSE*
>it *WAS NOT* designed to support such capabilities.  The problem is
>being addressed in the >2.0 versions of the system, so Commodore obviously
>recognizes it as a problem.
[...]
>So tell me something I don't know!  The whole problem with the printer
>drivers is that they have no concept of anything other than ASCII text
>and bitmaps!  In order to get good print quality as a standard for all
>applications, the *DRIVER* needs to know about such things.
[...]
>You shouldn't assume that I am assuming.  I wouldn't have started this
>thread if the driver had these capabilities, because the problem would
>not exist.

First of all, calm down.  I never meant to make a personal attack on you.

It was never clear to me that what you want is a complete redesign of the
printer device specifiication.  I agree that it would be nice, but it's not
really feasible given that the printer device must work with practically
every and any printer out there known to Science.  Others have better stated
this.

2.0 and beyond still does not add advanced text capabilities to the
printer driver.  It only adds the ability of applications to request an
arbitrary font size and have the system either resize an existing bitmap
font or, in later systems, create it from an outline font specification.
Period.

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