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From: josephs@ttidca.TTI.COM (Bill Josephs)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Write white vs. write black laser printers
Message-ID: <2713@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 88 13:37:00 GMT
Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica
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It seems to me that there is a difference between characters printed
on a "write white" laser printer vs. those printerd on a "write black"
unit.  When I print on my Okidata (write white, I think), characters
appear less bold and often have some strange "jiggles" (the arms of a
capital M in garamond, for instance, are wavy).  On a LaserJet II
(write black), this doesn't seem to happen (and I've never read any
comment to indicate that other prople are suffering "wavy arms").  Has
anyone investigated this further (all Ricoh engines are write white, I
believe) and are their versions of the same font for the different
laser engines?


Bill Josephs
Citicorp/TTI
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica, Ca. 90405