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From: folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
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Subject: Re: Apple Stylewriter
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Date: 5 Apr 91 02:12:21 GMT
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I just got my StyleWriter home and can make a few observations:

1. We have SuperLaserSpool 2.0, and it works fine with the StyleWriter. I was
   surprised, seeing as there have been a couple of small revs out in the last
   year or two (I think the latest is 2.0.4 or something like that).

2. Timing. ATM 2.0 seems faster than TrueType, on our IIci. Some times we got
   (on a IIci, using ATM, and SLS, which adds 30-50% overhead):

   1 page document with body text 10 point Times and a fair amount of italic,
   also several large-point-size titles and smaller-size footnotes:

   Best:   3 min 15 sec
   Faster: 1 min 30 sec

   1 page, landscape page with generous use of 10-point Times and 12-point
   BlackChancery (a calligraphic font):

   Best:   ~7 min  (without SLS it was 5 min)
   Faster: none offered for landscape printing

3. A minute out of the printer, the ink doesn't smear under a dry finger.
   Two hours out of the printer, the ink smears under a wet finger, but not
   enough to render even 10-point times unreadable. (I didn't try the dry
   finger test 1 second out of the printer.)

4. My printer didn't print the advertised test page on power up.

5. In Nisus, I got different leading for a 72-point type when I used TT instead
   of ATM, but otherwise the line and letter spacing was indistinguishable.

6. 6-point type is readable, though uneven (in ATM anyhow).

7. TTT Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol take up 513K, while the equivalent
   ATM (PostScript) fonts take up 445K.
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)