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From: dboyes@uoregon.UUCP (David Boyes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: WordPerfect and Apple LaserWriter
Message-ID: <635@uoregon.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Sep-87 05:07:03 EDT
Article-I.D.: uoregon.635
Posted: Sun Sep 13 05:07:03 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 14-Sep-87 04:19:43 EDT
References: <334@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: dboyes@drizzle.UUCP (David Boyes)
Organization: University of Oregon, Computer Science, Eugene OR
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In article <334@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> regoli@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (michael regoli) writes:
>Reply-To: regoli@silver.UUCP (michael regoli)
>Keywords: pulling my hair out....
>In article <1987Sep9.102331.20798@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> tj@gpu.utcs.UUCP (tj) writes:
>>5) A document is only one font style. You cannot switch from Times to 
>>Helvetica in a document. You can get a VERY limited selection of sizes of 
>>the font, but only one font.
>sounds like your printer's problem, not wp's.  we use wp 4.2 on an oasys
>810 series r (richoh engine) and can change fonts with the "flick of a 
>font code."  for instance, 13*,1 prints times roman; 13*,2 prints times roman
>italic; and 13*,3 prints helvetica.  so there's three fonts right there on
>one page...not to mention the use of F6 and F8 (bold and underline).

No, the original poster is ABSOLUTELY correct. Note that you are NOT
using the same printer -- whenever I try to use WP with a Laserwriter it
does the exact same thing as tj@gpu.utcs's printer does. Besides, what's
this business of calling each different permutation of a font (i.e.,
bold, italic, etc) a seperate FONT? What a stupid thing -- that's what
the darn computer is for. Humans shouldn't have to mess with that at all
-- that's the job of the printer driver. Another example of poor design
philosophy in WP...sigh.
 
 He's also right in that previewing documents on a dot matrix printer is
 next to impossible. This is WRONG -- WP states that documents will be
 device independent within the limitations of the printer. If you have a
 reasonable dot matrix printer with proportional spacing, you should be
 able to get a reasonable idea of what the page is going to look like,
 regardless of the intended output device. It's stupid, and it's
 frustrating as hell.


>>[...] It is a shame that such a popular
>>program is such a dog when used with such a good printer. 
>maybe you should now approach apple, not wordperfect.

No, the blame lies squarely on WP. WP does a crappy job of handling the
downloadable fonts on HP Laserjet+ and LJ II's as well. Face it, when WP
is presented with a printer that can do things that are more complicated
than a series of escape sequences, it falls flat. Their tech support
line (when you can get in contact with someone....grr) freely admits
that the Postscript support is a hack job and that they're planning on
fixing it in the "desktop publishing" version of WP. Apple followed the
standards (for a change!) -- it's WP's fault.

>
>-- 
>                              michael regoli
>                     indiana university, bloomington
>uucp  ...ihnp4!iuvax!silver!regoli   arpa  regoli@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
>                          bitnet  regoli@iubacs


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