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From: Charles.E.Dubuque@dartmouth.edu (Charles E. Dubuque)
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Subject: Re: TrueType: How it links with printers
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Date: 5 Apr 91 02:52:39 GMT
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According to the TrueType manual, any PostScript printer is sent the
TrueType outlines and scaling instructions for processing inside the
printer. However, I would assume that since LaserWriter driver 5.2 was
written before TrueType was a glimmer in Apple's eye that in order for
the printer to process it, it must be running LaserWriter 6.0 or later,
although I could be wrong. In that hypothetical case, a LaserPrinter
would depend on the computer to provide the 300 dpi bitmap with drivers
before 6.0...

Chuck.
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