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From: debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Let's not argue about semantics
Message-ID: <8326@alice.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 88 21:49:44 GMT
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In article <3565@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>
>	Come on guys, how long do we have to argue about whether the
>difference in resolution is 4/3 or (4/3)^2?  Everybody understands the
>difference, even if they can't agree on the proper terminology.  It's
>certainly not worth all this stupid vitriolic haggling.
>-- 

Actually, there is still an unsolved question: it looks like the NeXT
printer is basically squeezing 400 dpi out of a 300 dpi engine. Is that so?
If so, the result may not really be equivalent to "real" 400 dpi engines
like the Agfa/Compugraphic one.
I have seen results of a 24-pin matrix printer (Nec P6 to be precise)
which claims to print at 360dpi. The results (using Tex) were disappointing
compared to a 300dpi laserwriter. Reason: the dots are thicker on the Nec
than on the laserwriter. The 360dpi output looked more like around 200dpi
to me. So I wonder whether the 400dpi NeXT printer will *really* produce
400dpi quality.

Paul.

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