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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Why TeX?
Message-ID: <2602@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 3 Jan 89 14:19:41 GMT
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Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <17998@adm.BRL.MIL>, hxn8477%njitx.decnet@njitc.njit.edu (NJITX::HXN8477) writes:
> With TeX and its companion font generator, Metafont, you
> can typeset just about any document.

What does Tex do about dumb (non-bitmapped) output devices, like letter-
quality printers? Everything I've heard about it makes it sound like a
great deal if you have a laser-printer, but useless for a dumb output
device. What's the story?
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