Re: ____ Laser writers & bad attitudes: why Apple = TOAST !!!

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From: Brad Anderson
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 00:00

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>>I have a LW Select 360...
>
>I doubt you will lose 600 dpi when the postscript driver things the
>printer has 300 dpi.

  Wrong, it's a full 600dpi.  We use one more than daily at the office.

> In PostScript you describe what you want to print
>and not what the printer is capable of printing. The printer will try
>its best to render the page. I know almost no need to know the
>printers resolution in a PS program other than downloading the page as
>a bitmap. But PostScript never was made for this purpose.
>
>I am sure, the printer will print in 600 dpi even when the computer
>"knows" the printer has 300 dpi. 


  That really depends on the program.  Some of them *are* smart enough to 
take the configurations directly from the computers known printer list and 
output them in exactly the format that is specified by the printer 
driver.  Considering that one of the things the driver does is tell the 
computer (and the program) what the resolution of the printer is, certain 
programs can accomdate for many different configurations and convert them 
transparently.  Needless to say: some will work, some won't.

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From: bjorn@visi.com (Brad Anderson)
Subject: Re: ____ Laser writers & bad attitudes: why Apple = TOAST !!!
Date: 1995/11/10
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