Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!marshall From: marshall@sdd.hp.com (Marshall Clow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Printer gripes Message-ID: <1991Apr17.160931.6408@sdd.hp.com> Date: 17 Apr 91 16:09:31 GMT References: <91107.104212CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego Division Lines: 20 In article <91107.104212CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> Christopher Tate writes: >Neither the StyleWriter nor the Personal LaserWriter LS seem to support the >SetLineWidth PicComment. Personally I find this rather frustrating, since it >means that even if I, as a programmer, go to the trouble to support high- >resolution PICT's, only a very few of the available printers will benefit >from my efforts. > >[more mutterings deleted] I haven't played with either the StyleWriter or the PLW LS much, but a cursory examination of the drivers indicates that they both support the PrGeneral calls GetReslData and SetResl. See IM V-410. This allows you to print all objects, not just lines and frames, at the printer's resoulution. Of course, you have do do the scaling yourself, but that's not too much of a pain. Marshall Clow Hewlett Packard Color Imaging Division Internet: marshall@sdd.hp.com AppleLink: HP.Marshall Phone: (619) 592-4151