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From: tony@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Della Fera)
Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers
Subject: LN03 for graphics...
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 23:55:45 EST
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	We  have  been using the LN03 for dumping window system raster
raster images (B&W of course).  It is an "OK" printer for that use but
you  need to use two RAM cartridges to get ANY amount of usable memory
out of it.  You also have to "sixelize" you data in order  to  get  it
out  in  the  appropriate sixel bands.  This is not too bad but you do
run into a lot of "band too complex" errors (i.e., too  may  black  to
white  and  white  to black transitions per band).  Sigh, it was never
intended to be a "real" printer.  If one had access to the font format
you  could  encode  the raster info into a font and then down load the
font, that is what we do for some of our other printers.

						From the wonderful world of
						window systems,
						Tony...