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From: thweatt@radar.UUCP (James Thweatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet <--> Mac
Keywords: Deskjet, Grappler LQ
Message-ID: <172@radar.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 89 09:47:15 GMT
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Reply-To: thweatt@radar.UUCP (James Thweatt)
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Organization: CDS Consulting/Macinterested, Nashville, TN
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I have been using the Grappler LQ/Deskjet combination for about 8 months 
and have basically been satisfied. The output quality is a little better than
the best 24 pin printers I've seen.
Gripes:
SLOW! SLOW! This is not very speedy, but the grappler spooler helps some.
FONTS - For 288 DPI output you need 4x font sizes. Grappler comes with 
Bitstream versions of Times, Helvitica, and Courier. A program called
FontSizer does an excellent job of creating big fonts with a Postscript
Printer but the files can get rather large. There is also a question of
copyright, etc.
SCALING - the grappler software normally does a 4% reduction to keep the bit-
mapped fonts looking pretty. I've had some problem with  this when drafting.

Anyway, I've gotta get back to work. Send me mail if you'd like to hear 
more. I'm new to the net but I'm pretty sure I'm all connected.

Jim Thweatt
JTA Computer Support Services, Nashville, TN