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From: bkliewer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Bradley Dyck Kliewer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: LaserJet or Postscript printer:  Help me choose
Message-ID: <15184@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 18 Nov 88 16:59:40 GMT
References: <1735@scolex> <23572@amdcad.AMD.COM> <670@hscfvax.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: bkliewer@iuvax.UUCP (Bradley Dyck Kliewer)
Organization: Indiana University CSCI, Bloomington
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In article <670@hscfvax.harvard.edu> pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov) writes:
>  What I (believe) that I have noticed is that HP cartridge and soft font
>  sets produce "smoother" output on an HP LaserJet than Postscript on an
>  equivalent (such as Apple NTX) resolution printer.  

This is not too surprising.  Many of the bit mapped fonts use a patterned
edge that fools the eye into seeing a smooth line.  On the other hand, I've
seen several fonts (notably the larger point sizes) which do not use the
full 300 dpi resolution of the printer.

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