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Article #788Re: LaserJet II Font Cartridges
From: David Boyes
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1987 16:16
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1987 16:16
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>We're planning on getting (finally!) some font cartridges for our
>HP LaserJet II. I've heard that some have better font implementations
>than others (Helvetica???). Does anyone have any recommendations
>pro or con for various cartridges? These would be used mainly for
>correspondence, limited desktop publishing (wordprocessor stuff), etc.
You really have 2 options, downloadable fonts or cartridges. If you're
looking for simplicity, I'd recommend the HP Z (Microsoft) cartridge --
it's got both Times and Helvetica in a wide range of common sizes in the
same cartridge. We've got several and they work fine from Word,
Pagemaker, Windows and Word Perfect(after we tweaked the printer drivers
-- WP isn't very bright about such things).
If you have disk space to kill (about 1-2M), I'd recommend going with
downloadable fonts. They're cheaper (about $125 compared to $220 for
the Z cartridge)and more flexible. The tradeoff is that they take time
to download before any printing occurs -- parallel interface to your
machines is highly recommended if you go this route.
--
David Boyes ARPA: 556%OREGON1.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Systems Division BITNET: 556@OREGON1
University of Oregon Computing Center UUCP: dboyes@uoregon.UUCP
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