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From: tony@SDD.HP.COM (Tony Parkhurst)
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Subject: Re: About stroke on LaserjetIII ....
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Date: 16 Apr 91 21:53:36 GMT
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In article <9104111904.AA07642@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU>, alberto@CDC835.CDC.POLIMI.IT (Alberto Olgiati) writes:
 
|> I know that bold is 3 and normal is 1 but I can obtain another value (as -3).
|> I want to type a little more light not to save toner but because i need a 
|> very light contrast.


Stroke weight on a LaserJet is NOT an operator, rather it is part of the
selection criteria for resident fonts.  That is, in order to print with
a font with a stroke weight of -3, then there must be a resident font
of that stroke weight.

Look at your font cartridges and try to find a light font, then check the
manual to see how to select it.


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		Tony Parkhurst	( tony@sdd.HP.COM )

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