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From: pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: LaserJet or Postscript printer:  Help me choose
Message-ID: <675@hscfvax.harvard.edu>
Date: 19 Nov 88 08:20:23 GMT
References: <1735@scolex> <23572@amdcad.AMD.COM> <670@hscfvax.harvard.edu> <23582@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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In article <23582@amdcad.AMD.COM>, phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
> 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.  
> 
> How can this be? Don't they use the same Canon marking engine?....... 
> I hope you're not comparing Helvetica fonts on the LP with Times Roman
> fonts on the Apple. 
> 
  No, I have seen plenty of samples of both (Helv. and TR from both).  I can
  almost always tell if it was produced via PostScript.

  Maybe it is because PostScript fonts are scalable and the HP cartridge/soft
  fonts aren't.  That gave HP a chance to "touch up" what is a constant set
  of values.  I really dunno.

  greg pavlov fstrf, amherst (NOT Harvard), ny