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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: 02/TrueType questions answered
Message-ID: <1991May22.023618.17923@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 02:36:18 GMT
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In article <1991May6.204523.23497@granite.ma30.bull.com> sullivan@granite.ma30.bull.com (Marie J. Sullivan) writes:
>In article <673545631.1@blkcat.FidoNet.Org> Ken.Knight@p4217.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Ken Knight) writes:
>>Q:	My Mac is connected to a postscript printer. Can I use TrueType? Which 
>>fonts will the printer use?
>>A:	You can use TrueType to get good quality fonts on your screen. The printer 
>>will use its own Postscript fonts when printing, even if TrueType versions of 
>>those fonts exist.
>
>If this is so, then why does the readme that comes with the TrueType INIT
>warn that if you use TrueType on a machine that prints to a shared PostScript
>printer, _all_ machines using that printer must use TrueType or the printer
>will be reinitialized with every switch?

If I'm not mistaken, this is because the TrueType "Laser Prep" equivalent (the file isn't actually there, I assume it is contained in the driver) is different
from the old Laser Prep in that it contains the code necessary to render
TrueType on the printer.
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