Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!brian From: brian@ut-sally.UUCP (Brian H. Powell) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: laser writer oddities Message-ID: <5556@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Aug-86 12:51:58 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.5556 Posted: Wed Aug 13 12:51:58 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Aug-86 04:25:58 EDT References: <234@joevax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 22 Summary: smoothing? In article <234@joevax.UUCP>, sdh@joevax.UUCP (The Doctor) writes: > If you have this pattern in Macpaint: > > XX XX > XX XX > XX XX > XX XX > > you should get the same thing from the laser writer. Instead it generates: > > X X X X > X X X X > X X X X > X X X X You didn't say, so I feel obligated to ask. Did you use smoothing (using "Print Final" vs. "Print Draft")? That could easily cause this problem. The smoothing algorithm is usually pretty good, but these things happen. Brian H. Powell UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!brian ARPA: brian@sally.UTEXAS.EDU