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Date: 29 January 1985, 17:16:24 PST
From: DAVEG    at SLACVM
To:   INFO-MAC at SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD
Subject: macpaint drawings on the LaserWriter

The introduction of the Laserwriter for the Mac has made me wonder about
something.  It is clear to me how a file which contains text could be printed
out at higher resolution (300 x 300) than the screen resolution (approx 72 x
72).  You only have to have a set of fonts at the laser printer which are
defined at the appropriate higher resolution.  I assume the control code
stored in the (say) MacWrite file which tells it which font to display on
the screen sets the font the laser printer uses.  The claim I think I have
heard by Apple is that graphics look great on the LaserWriter.  I don't know
how files from Chart and other graphics programs are stored but I do know
that MacPaint files are stored as bitmapped images.  I have no idea how one
could print out Macpaint files at higher resolution than screen resolution.  Of
course you could shrink the graphics down in order to improve the number of
pixels per inch.  Is it somehow possible to keep the images full size and do
some sort of smoothing to give such graphics a different look than the
Imagewriter (which is essentially the screen resolution)?  What about some of
the other graphics programs (Chart, MacDraw)?  I assume those programs can
output to the Laserwriter and get high quality graphics.  Anyone besides me
wondering about this?  Not that I can buy a laser printer for $7k but I was
just wondering...         David Gelphman  DAVEG@SLACVM.BITNET