Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!claris!scott
From: scott@claris.com (Scott Lindsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Printers (was Re: AWGS)
Message-ID: <8021@claris.com>
Date: 12 Jan 89 07:08:36 GMT
References: <3869@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA
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From article <3869@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG>, by prw@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG (Paul Wenker):
> 
> From Print Manager's and the application's point of view, the Epson
> driver is identical to the ImageWriter driver.  The normal vertical
> resolution for all three printers is 36 pixels/inch.  Setting the
> vertical sizing to Intermediate will give you 54 pixels/inch.  Setting
> the vertical sizing to Condensed will give you 72 pixels/inch.
> 
> The horizontal resolution for the ImageWriter/Epson driver is 40
> pixels/inch (80 pixels/inch in 640 mode), while the resolution of the
> LaserWriter driver is 42 pixels/inch (84 pixels/inch in 640 mode).

I haven't talked with Kevin (who wrote the Epson driver) yet, so I don't know
if he uses the same interleave scheme the ImageWriter driver does to get the
better-than screen resolution (horizontally).  My point is that if the
inkjet printer in question does work with the Epson driver, it probably
won't print at the printer's best resolution, like the LaserWriter (which
is better than the ImageWriter, but not nearly as good as it could be) or the
ImageWriter-LQ, which uses a driver virtually identical to the ImageWriter.
The ImageWriter DOES get better than screen resolution, but only if you use
Better Text.  Better Color gets an image identical to screen resolution.


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