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From: vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: NEC P2200 (was: Re: EPSON LQ-500 REVIEW)
Summary: Right On!
Message-ID: <590@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 10 Jun 88 18:17:43 GMT
References: <8806052121.AA27202@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <198@hor-res.UUCP> <6359@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Ohio State Math-Stats Dept
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In article <6359@cup.portal.com|, doug-merritt@cup.portal.com writes:
| 
| When people say the LaserWriter's resolution is 300dpi, they mean
| exactly that...the dots are narrow enough such that each one is
| 1/300th of an inch wide.
| 
| When inexpensive printer manufacturers say their resolution is 360dpi,
| what they mean is that the printer can move the carriage 1/360th of an
| inch, but the dot width is larger than that. They intentionally confuse
| the issue to increase sales.
 
I just saw the output of an Imagewriter II at 144dpi (sic) doing TeX.
Yech! The user was upset and tried to use 'courier' (some mac specific
typewriter font). The socalled resolutions can be compared only if you
stick to the printers builtin fonts. If you want any thing else, ask for
the pin diameter. If the dealer doesn't know, skip it.