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From: carroll@ssc-vax (Jeff Carroll)
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Subject: Re: Print Postscript font on 9-pin printer program wanted
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Date: 14 Jun 91 22:10:52 GMT
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In article <1991Jun13.125305.22403@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> conner@buster.cps.msu.edu (Conner Christopher) writes:
>In article <2811@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> tsuming@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (Tsu-Ming Huang) writes:
>>I am tired to go out to use Mac and make a laser copy each time I want to
>>modify my document. I heard from my friend that there is some program which
>>can print documents on ordinal 9/24-pin dot matrix printer which has 
>>similiar quality as a laser copy, do you folks know where can I get such
>>program?

>>-Scott Chu

(filler material here to keep rn from eating this post due to quote/new
ratio)

>WOW!  laser copy quality on a 9 pin dot matrix printer!  If this isn't
>just a cruel joke, somebody please post the name and location of this 
>program!

I suppose that someone should point out that in order for this to work,
the pins on your dot-matrix job would have to be less than 1/10 mm in
diameter. At that diameter, whatever they were made of would have to
be pretty stiff in order to push the ribbon (under tension) down to the
platen hard enough to print, without buckling.

Do a quick reality check on your friendly neighborhood 9-pin printer.

Now there are probably fancy-font programs around that will drive 9-pin
printers, but they won't give you 300 dpi. I think you get fancy 
font capability with Windows 3, don't you?


-- 
Jeff Carroll		carroll@ssc-vax.boeing.com

"...and of their daughters it is written, 'Cursed be he who lies with 
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