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Article #24924Re: Laser printer
From: turner
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1987 16:54
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1987 16:54
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in article <144@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) says:
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> To do any real work with a 300 dpi laser printer you need 2 megabytes.
> That's because 300*300*8*10 = 7200000 bits = 900000 bytes for a bit map
> of an 8*10 inch page at 300 dpi. And then you need a lot of space for
> fonts and such. Notice that the Laserjet plus and the Laserwriter plus
> both have 2 megs. Thus, no desktop publishing with a 1040ST and the
> RAM-less Atari Laser Printer.
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> - Moshe Braner
wanna bet ???? with a little work (i seriously can't elaborate,
company proprietary etc.) you can store fonts and rasterize in 1 meg
with room to spare, it just takes a little ingenuity and less snap
judgements, sorry that sounds bitchy but i haven't had coffee yet;
it just that i prefer people who tell how things can be done, not
how they can't be done.
lots
and
lots
of
sh*t
to
defeat
the
50%
rule
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