Path: utzoo!yunexus!gen1!yugas!julius
From: julius@yugas.UUCP (Julius OKLAMCAK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Microsoft Write GDOS printer support
Message-ID: <704@yugas.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 88 02:43:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: yugas.704
Posted: Wed Feb 24 21:43:56 1988
Reply-To: julius@yugas.UUCP (Julius OKLAMCAK)
Organization: C.R.E.S.S., York University, North York, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3.
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lharris@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Leonard Harris) sezs:

>I got a look at Microsoft word the other day.  Its a really nice program -
>a bit slow though.  The one thing that pissed me off was that you need an
>atari laser printer to print fonts.  Why is this?  Why not provide a set of
>dot matrix fonts (as on the mac) so people with cheap printers can get good
>looking output.  The lack of non-laser fonts cripples this program and makes
>probably the best word-processor for the ST - almost useless!
>(Yes - I know there is a metafile to postscript converter but if I had a
>postscript printer I wouldn't be compaining)

Microsoft _Write_ is being shipped with Atari SMM804, Epson FX-80 (9 pin),
and Star NB-15 (24 pin) printer fonts and drivers.  A few copies of Write
slipped out in Canada without the FX-80 and NB-15 support disks...the US
is also 'correcting' the 'situation'.

Julius Oklamcak					UUCP:	julius@yugas.UUCP
Atari (Canada) Corp.				GEnie:	J.OKLAMCAK
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