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Article #24086Re: Mac --> HP printers question
From: Greg Stephens
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1988 16:57
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1988 16:57
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I have to agree with Jan, having used the LaserStart driver with the LJ it is basically a laserprinted (75dpi) version of the Imagewriter. However you can choose to print at 150 or 300 dpi, but since everything is still in bit image format the scaling is not very good and it takes a lot longer to print. I am waiting to hear of a Postscript card for the LJ II. Anyone heard of one yet? Regarding plotter drivers. I have used PlotStart and MacPlots II. I do not recommend PlotStart. MacPlots II is better but still leaves something to be desired. It depends upon what you are using the plotter for. If you are using it for presentation graphics or anything where creative font selection is important, you can forget the Mac <-> plotter connection since all of the plotter drivers only support the imbedded stick font that is included in the plotter. This limitations is, I think, the biggest hole in the Mac's strong offering as a text/graphics/wp/dtp machine. If you want to connect to a plotter for engineering type applications where font selection is not that important then you may find that MacPlots II will work just fine.
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