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From: scobb@bti.UUCP (Steve Cobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dpaint fonts...
Summary: Use Express Paint if you want decent hardcopy.
Message-ID: <389@bti.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 89 20:54:18 GMT
References: <10596@louie.udel.EDU> <7203@super.ORG> <13442@gryphon.COM> <7328@super.ORG>
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In article <7328@super.ORG>, rminnich@super.ORG (Ronald G Minnich) writes:
> In article <13442@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
> >Now Ron. Didnt I flame you about this almost 3 years ago ?
> Yes, you did. 
> >First of all, its 75 dpi, not 30.
> Oh, how exciting. Well, now i am only 115 dpi shy of my Painjet. 
> >Second of all, if you make yer picture as big as possible (1K x 1K)
> >and print it out with iff2ps ane make it, say, half page, which 
> >isnt bad for an illustration ona page that might have some
> >text on it, you have a 300 dpi output from dpaint.
> Wow, that was easy. I stood on my head and put the picture on the 
> driveway and it looked great. 
> Now if i could only get everyone else to look at it that way.
>    You forgot the aspect ratio compensation, right? Or do 
> circles finally look like circles? Should Joe Average User have
> to go through this sort of thing? Why can't Joe Average User
> buy a decent draw program yet?
> >To be completely fair, it's not entirely dpaints fault.
> No, it isn't. I just hate Dpaint. I hate electronic arts. So 
> I flamed them first. 
> >In conclusion, if you cant get by with making a BIG picture
> >and shrinking it down, use Pro-Draw or the like.
> My main real complaint is that after you flamed me three years ago

 Why in Hell would anybody use Dpaint to get hardcopy output.  It was
 certainly never designed with that in mind.  It's great for pretty
 screen shots - but that's it.

 Take a look at Express Paint.  Epaint was definitly designed for hardcopy.
 There is a setting to define the aspect ratio (for circles and such)
 and a description in the manual of DPI, aspect ratio, and page size(in bits)
 for most known printers.

 Another big plus is Virtual page.  You are no longer restricted by CHIP
 ram to define your page size.  I can open a VP of 1400 * 1800 
 (HP PaintJet resolution) no problem - I do it all the time.  Yes you do
 need extra memory to work with page sizes this large, but it can be done.
 Epaint also handles text quite well.

 There is a whole set of widgets and menu options for printer stuff - Like
 page centering, page expansion ...
 The final output on the Paint Jet comes pretty close to that of laser
 printers (all that and color too.)

 My only gripe (albeit minor) is that the manual is broken into 2 parts.
 The first part is the pre 3.0 manual.  The second part is the 3.0 enhancements
 which is almost as large as the first part.  The problem is that I never
 had Epaint before 3.0, so I have know way of knowing which one to look
 in for a particular feature.  An updated integrated manual would be nice.
 Other than that the manual is quite complete.


 Hope this helps.
    
    Steve (Rasterfarian in training) Cobb

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