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From: long-morrow@CS.YALE.EDU (H. Morrow Long)
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Subject: Typesetting LaTeX docs on a Linotronic 300P w/RIP30 @1270dpi anyone?
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As the title states I am interested in talking with anyone who has or is
currently doing this.  

Situation:  we have a professor who has written a book using LaTeX.
Using various DVI to PostScript(tm) converters we can convert the 'dvi'
file to a PostScript file.   The PostScript file can then be transferred 
using TCP/IP to a Mac front-ending a Linotype RIP30 Postscript processor.
The PostScript file is then downloaded to and processed by the RIP30 and
typeset by the Linotype L300P.  If 300dpi is used throughout all stages
then the typeset camera-ready print has type that looks less than optimal.
If we create 1270dpi fonts (using Metafont) for cmr10, cmr12, etc. then
the letters in the typeset copy are approx. twice their supposed point
size (but at the correct position on the page, so that the letters
within a word overlap).  12pt letters appear 24 points high and wide.

All of attempts at using various DVI to Postscript(tm) converters have
yielded the same results (dvips, dvi2ps, dvialw).  Some of the dvi
to postscript converters have been found to have 300dpi dependencies
and we have worked to exorcise these .... 

If anyone has any 1270dpi or Linotronic PostScript information, experiences,
advice, please send mail.

					- Morrow
					  Long-Morrow@CS.Yale.EDU

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				H. Morrow Long
				Manager of Development
				Yale Univ. Comp Sci Dept. Computing Facility


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