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From: biswa@hoff.berkeley.edu (Biswa Ranjan Ghosh)
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Subject: Does ATM improve HP Deskwriter output?
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Date: 25 Jan 91 00:37:54 GMT
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Considering the low street price of the Deskwriter and the claim of
300dpi resolution, I have been considering it very seriously recently.
The other night I looked at some output on my friend's deskwriter and
was quite disappointed with the output, which was just text in 12-point
Times. The output looked ragged. Not really bad, but noticeable poorer
than the Apple Laserwriter at work, which is postscript, but also
300 dpi.

I know ATM is good for smoothing really large fonts, but does anyone have
first-hand experience with it, for improving deskwriter output at small
fonts like 6-14 point? Does it help at all? If the output I saw is as good
as it gets, I am inclined to wait until postscript printers become
affordable.

Would appreciate any advice/tips!
-Biswa Ghosh