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From: ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Alexander Edwin Jauch)
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Subject: Re: Does ATM improve HP Deskwriter output?
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Date: 26 Jan 91 01:17:02 GMT
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In <10433@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> biswa@hoff.berkeley.edu (Biswa Ranjan Ghosh) writes:

>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.

My Deskwriter is quite nice, and I use it a great deal.  It by no means
compares with my laserwriter.  However, bang for the buck is definately
on the side of the HP.  With ATM I can get fairly good TEXT output.  However,
this does not improve the quality of my graphics.  Remember, we are using
Quickdraw here.  I would not hesitate to send a letter printed from my
Deskjet, but I would probably go to the trouble of Laser printing a resume.

And, yes the Deskwriter can be quite fuzzy on some applications, I find the
quality of the paper makes a great deal of difference.

--
Alex Jauch
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