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From: chapman@fornax.uucp (John Chapman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 68020 Box, laser printer, Eastern Pa. Expo
Message-ID: <242@fornax.uucp>
Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 02:11:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 17 02:11:04 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Mar-87 06:09:00 EST
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Organization: School of Computing Science, SFU, Burnaby, B.C. Canada
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> At the Desktop Publishing seminar we saw output from ATARI's
> laserprinter.  The quality of the output was exaclty the same (if not
> better) than that of the Apple Laserwriter.  The Laserprinter can
> print up to 300 X 300 DPI.  In order to layout a full page at 300 X
> 300, you'll need about 4 megs.  This is because the LaserPrinter has

This is not the first time I have seen this number (4mb) and it is way
off the mark. A standard 8.5"*11" page requires

 300*8.5 * 300*11 bits
=2550 * 3300 bits
=8415000 bits
=1050000 bytes approximately
Add about 30% for legal size.
These are actually inflated since the canon engines only get within
about a 1/4" of the edge of the page.
Add what you want for font storage and you are still way, way below
4mb.

> no memory of it's own.  It uses the ST to do all the work.  When we
> asked the ATARI rep. at the seminar (I forget his name), about memory
> upgrades he said ATARI does CONDONE upgrades from 3rd party companies.
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> -- 
>  Marc L. Appelbaum 				"If life is a game of chess 
>  Arpa:appelbau@topaz.rutgers.edu                 and you and I are pawns
>  Uucp:rutgers!topaz!appelbau                     what happens when we get to
>  GEnie: M.APPELBAUM		                 the other side of the board?"

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