Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!erickson
From: erickson@cbmvax.UUCP (Lee Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HP DeskJet and AmigaTeX
Summary: Good, cheap combo
Message-ID: <5836@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jan 89 18:40:20 GMT
References: <8901201838.AA12938@bu-it.BU.EDU> <72@ssibbs.UUCP>
Reply-To: erickson@cbmvax.UUCP (Lee Erickson)
Organization: The Reohr Group
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In article <72@ssibbs.UUCP> jac@ssibbs.UUCP (James Crotinger) writes:
>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?
>
>  A font cartridge should not be necessary...

Any font OR RAM cartridges purchased wouldn't be used by the current AmigaTex
Deskjet driver.  I believe the laser printer versions DO make use of printer
RAM to down load fonts into.  A driver could possibly be written to use
expansion RAM in the Deskjet in this fashion, if more speed was important.

>  Tom mentions in his manual that he has used the DeskJet and that it does
>a very nice job.

Very nice printing.  SLOW speed using AmigaTex... ~2-4 minutes per page.

>> 
>> 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?
>> 
>
>  The printer driver comes with the full distribution of normal TeX fonts
>(I believe the 300 dpi set is 8-10 disks). Plus you can get AmigaMETAFONT
>and generate your own fonts and your own sizes.
>
With MF (METAFONT), you can even set the system up to automatically generate
any font size not already present.
>  Jim
>

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