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From: amiga@athena.mit.edu (MITAUG Staff)
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Subject: Re: HP DeskJet and AmigaTeX
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Date: 20 Jan 89 23:55:17 GMT
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In article <8901201838.AA12938@bu-it.BU.EDU> BRADFORD@buasta.BU.EDU ("David A. Bradford") writes:
>I am contemplating the purchase of an HP DeskJet printer.  I would also
>be buying AmigaTex to use with it.  I was wondering if anyone had any 
>experience with this combination and could answer the following questions:
>
>1) How does AmigaTex handle fonts?  Should I buy a font cartridge or 
>the RAM expansion, or can I get by without either one?
>
>2) What are the limitations of this combination?  I use TeX on a VAX and
>can select from about half a million fonts (well, that may be a slight 
>exaggeration).  Will there be a limit on fonts per page or font size or any 
>such limitation?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>David Bradford
>Systems Manager
>Astronomy Dept.
>Boston University

David;

	TeX "uploads" its fonts to the printer in question except for
dot matrix printers in which it does a graphic dump.  Buying a font
cartridge will not gain you any advantages with TeX ... you're
probably better off getting more memory.

	Some 300 dpi machines have some font size limitations, as far
as my memory serves me the HP desk jet does not have these
limitations.

If you have any more questions I can quote the info from the TeX
manual (I don't have it with me now).  I can be reached at
carreras@lees.mit.edu or on BIX as "carreras".


Ric Carreras

ARPA:  carreras@lees.mit.edu
BIX:   carreras