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From: barry@adelie.UUCP (Barry A. Burke)
Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers
Subject: IMAGEN 8/300 - not really 300dpi?
Message-ID: <8608192010.AA20176@adelie.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 19-Aug-86 16:10:19 EDT
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I have an Imagen 8/300 laser printer on my TCP Ethernet that I use for
both Interleaf output (they sold it to me) and to support TeX/itroff.
My problem is that the printer doesn't seem to print properly- text
lines specified to be 6" wide always come out ~6.2 inches wide.  This
occurs independant of what drives the printer- Interleaf, TeX, itroff,
bitmaps, etc.

I asked Interleaf about this, and they said that it's because the 8/300
"isn't really a 300 DPI printer- it's something like 294DPI
horizontally".  This sounds somewhat bogus to me, as I've never heard it
mentioned anywhere on the USE/ARPA networks.  Rather it sounds like
something needs to be adjusted on my printer.

Has anybody else out there observed and/or corrected this problem?
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[[Editor's note: My understanding is that the explanation that
Interleaf gave you is correct.		--Rick ]]