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barr@triples.Math.McGill.CA writes:

>Tony Safina wants to know the difference.  Perhaps on a 9 pin dot matrix
>printer, there is no advantage to using TeX and such a printer is
>dreadfully slow for decent output.   On the other hand..., I just printed
>out for my wife on my HPLJ IIP a WP5.1 document and I was frankly
>astonished by the poor appearance it made compared with any TeX
>document.  It could have typed on any typewriter with a bold key
>(if such exists), while the TeX documents look like something produced
>by a printer with somewhat low res fonts.
>Michael Barr

Tell Tony that the difference is that, for stock WP51,
 - EmTeX downloads its own fonts (and presumably all other TeX's)
 - WP51 uses built-in fonts or cartridge fonts
In fact, a PostScript printer should use identical fonts, while
output from an HPLJ III will look better with WP51 than TeX
(to me, at least, since I like the built-in fonts better
than Computer Modern).

If you're considering upgrading, these are some options:
 - Buy a cartridge (I'm presuming the IIP can have cartridges)
   I like the "Z" cartridge; gives Times Roman in 8,10,12,14 pt
 - Trade in your IIP for a II; faster paper output
 - Trade in your IIP for a IIIP; scalable fonts for WP51
 - Trade in your IIP for a PostScript or get a PS cartridge
 - Get BitStream FontWare; slow but works most of the time

Eric Jacobsen