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ericj@teal.csn.org (Eric Jacobsen) writes:

>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

	Perhaps there is no advantage to using a NINE PIN dot matrix.  In my
book PERHAPS does not mean the same thing as THERE IS NO ADVANTAGE.  I know
for a fact that if I format text documents with ImagePrint (a shareware pro-
gram) my docs printed on the 9-pin are going to look several times better
than if I print the same text with WP 5.1.  
And what does "dreadfully slow" mean?  Does it take 3 days to print a five
page document, or does it take 3 hours (using TeX)?  If you say 3 days, then
I would agree that THAT is dreadfully slow.  I couldn't wait 3 days for most
documents I need to print.  If you said 3 hours, I would say that that is
kind of slow, but if the output is nicer than WP 5.1 or ImagePrint, then I
would be willing to invest the disk space needed for the TeX program and the
personal time needed to learn the program.  

	I hope someone knows something more about TeX on 9-pins than I have
heard so far because I have been waiting two weeks for a definitive answer
and all I have heard has been related to laser printers or 24-pin dot matrix
printers which do not address my question at all.  I am aware there are 
drivers/fonts for 24-pin Epson dot matrix printers at rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de.  I do not know if these fonts will work on a 9-pin or if there are sites
with fonts for 9-pins.  I sure would like to find out.  :)


	Tony Safina - disk!tony@uunet.UU.NET