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Article #783Ricoh Engines (Was Re: TI2115 POSTSCRIPT laser printer and TEX output)
From: tfra
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1987 20:21
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1987 20:21
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[Et tu, line-eater?] The problem cannot be fixed all that easily. The problem is that the Ricoh engine is a WHITE writing engine, not a black writing engine like the Canon. This means that it assumes the initial page is black and it carves out the white regions by drawing white pixels on the page. Dark black solid areas come out nicer, but characters get that ragged edge look. A side note - QMS marketed a RICOH-based laser printer up until very recently. The engine couldn't be fixed, so they dumped the product (it was the QMS 1500, for those of you who are interested). -- Tom Frauenhofer ...!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!tfra "The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." -- Harlan Ellison
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!ur-tut.UUCP!tfra From: tfra@ur-tut.UUCP.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers Subject: Ricoh Engines (Was Re: TI2115 POSTSCRIPT laser printer and TEX output) Message-ID: <8706151452.AA10116@brillig.umd.edu> Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 16:21:28 EDT Article-I.D.: brillig.8706151452.AA10116 Posted: Thu Jun 4 16:21:28 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jun-87 01:19:11 EDT References: <8706041544.AA01410@brillig.umd.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: tut.cc.rochester.edu!tfra@seismo.CSS.GOV (Tom Frauenhofer) Distribution: world Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center Lines: 17 Approved: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu