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From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: LaserWriter IISC Questions
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Date: 21 Feb 89 15:56:02 GMT
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In article <46700103@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> mc2818@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Questions about the LaserWriter IISC:
>
>   I am considering buying a IISC, and have a few questions that
>I hope someone can answer.
>
>1) Since the IISC only has 4 built-in fonts, how readily available
>are downloadable fonts esp. made for the laserwriter i.e. not
>bitmapped?

The IISC *does* require bitmap fonts.  For best results, you should
have the font 4x the size you're printing.  Don't know about
availability.

>2)Are graphics outputs using QuickDraw close to the printers that use
>PostScript?  I mean, I'm not that picky, but if there is a huge difference,
>even I can notice it.

The text is close if you have the exact font size in the style you're
using (see above).  Scaling to an odd size looks pitiful.  Pasting
graphics from Illustrator to FullWrite, for example, also looks
pitiful.  You will need to limit your graphics to quickdraw and
bitmaps should be 300 dpi (I know at least SuperPaint offers this
feature).

>3)Does having more RAM in your computer speed up the printing process?

The IISC prints very fast - it's QuickDraw.  RAM is more critical for
a PostScript printer (in the printer) for processing and caching font
bitmaps.  Anyway, whether RAM would help in the Mac would depend on
the application doing the printing.  You can't add RAM to the IISC.

Fred Hollander
Computer Science Center
Texas Instruments, Inc.
hollander@ti.com

The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.