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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: Re: embedded-command text systems
Message-ID: <2555@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 22:34:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 13 22:34:34 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Dec-85 03:50:46 EST
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Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD
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In article <6214@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
> [...] 300/inch laser printers will not replace typesetting
> machines, but they're going to steal a lot of the typesetting-
> machine market.  Unless it is pointed out to them most explicitly,
> most users can see the difference only with poor fonts or difficult
> jobs.

... or with small fonts (7 point and under), where some characters
turn into indecipherable blobs.  But you are correct in stating that
many people do not care about the (still visible at 300dpi) difference.

Beware, however, of using 300 dpi laser printer output as a master
for copies.  Unless your copier is in good shape, the results are
often nearly unreadable.  Using larger fonts (11 or 12 point) helps.
-- 
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