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From: venkat@brand.usc.edu (V. Venkat)
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Subject: WYSIWYG
Keywords: WYSIWYG
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Date: 19 Oct 88 00:55:44 GMT
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>This is just a wild guess, but I would tend to bet that the text processing
>and desktop publishing is VERY WYSIWYG! The display is Display Postscript
>and the laser printer is Postscript. It makes sense that things on the 
>screen are going to come out pretty much the same on paper.
>
>The laser printer is 400 dpi (WOW). What I want to know is the screen 
>resolution (in dpi).
>
>Bryce Jasmer
>jasmerb@jacobs.cs.orst.edu

With a 17" diameter screen i.e. apprx 12" X 12" screen and a 1024X1024 pixels
-- the screen resolution will be about 86 pixels per inch.
Since the printing is essentially WYSIWYG a laser printer with 86 dpi
will suffice. What is the use of a 400 dpi laser printer unless the screen
represents only a part of the printed page and you have some scrolling 
mechanism? Maybe I haven't understood the fundamentals here. Can someone
illuminate me further on this matter. Much thanks.

V. Venkat.