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From: cs132085@brunix (Gregory Brail)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: ventura
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Date: 5 May 89 03:57:05 GMT
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In article <1312@lzfme.att.com> jwi@lzfme.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) writes:
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>300 x 300 dpi is quite adequate for printing if you use 12 point
>type and larger, particularly in the highly legible type
>famlies.

I hate to sound like an old fuddy-duddy, but I've found that 300X300
dpi output looks noticably less clear than higher-resolution output
when printed on any paper better than newsprint. Just look at the ads
in the back of computer magazines -- it's pretty easy to tell which
ones are printed on LaserWriters, even if they're well-designed and
laid out. Needless to say, they usually aren't. On glossy paper,
300X300 dpi type just doesn't make it. On coarser-grade papers, it's
sometimes OK, however.

>The basic problem comes with the insistance of 10 point Times Roman
>with a 6.5 inch justified line length. This was the standard used
>with troff for typesetting. 

This is precisely why I hate troff. Even if you could use a different
font easily, it would be OK. They don't call it "Times Romanoff" for
nothing. 

>For those who are serious about reproduction, create your pages
>oversize at about 129% (for 5-1/2by 8-1/2 pages) and then have them
>reduced to 77% when the plates are made. This increases your
>resolution to about 400 x 400 with virtually no cost.

Excellent suggestion. You can even print at 200% and reduce by 50%.
This looks even better. 

			-Greg

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