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From: greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Strange specs. for QUME ScripTEN Laser Printer
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Date: 16 May 89 17:33:38 GMT
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In article <565@trlamct.oz> rick@trlamct.oz (Rick Coxhill) writes:
>I am considering purchase of one of these printers. Looking at the spec.
>sheet, I noticed the following:
>
>"Type Styles and Sizes
>Most characters can be printed in sizes from 2-point to 127-point.
>                                             ^           ^
>...... [other stuff deleted]."
>
>The printer claims to be a Postscript printer, so why is there this
>upper limit on point size? 

It is an Adobe  PostScript printer, and there is no limit on point
size.  I think that application software only supported a limited range
when they originally put their marketing literature together, and those
numbers only reflect that.  I imagine that they thought it was an
impressive range and left it at that (after all, who needs type bigger
than 127 point, right?)

Rest assured; I think we once calculated here that you can image a
character as big as Cleveland if you want to....

Glenn Reid
Adobe Systems