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From: JMS@ARIZMIS.BITNET.UUCP
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Subject: RE: TI2115 Postscript laser printer and TEX output
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Date: Thu, 28-May-87 12:49:00 EDT
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ChristosZ actually is being a bit unfair when he complains
about the font output from the TI printer.  The problem
is not in the printer, but in the font definitions he
is using.  The Metafont files for the standard TEXTSET
drivers (DVI to PS) are designed for a laser writer.  The
correct fonts would be designed for a write-white engine
(like the imagen).

The proper thing to do is either:
1) use the correct font files (for Imagen)
or
2) don't download the fonts at all, but use the built-in postscript
   fonts (CMR look-alikes, sort-of) and the .TFM files that
   Textset (Arbortext) provides for Postscript printers.

We do the (2) with a modified LaTeX and get excellent output,
of virtually identical quality to a Laserwriter.

jms

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