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Re: troff support of HP DeskJet

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From: Tomas G. Rokicki
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 22:05
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>>Gee, TeX output looks quite good on the DeskJet.
>Is that using a Deskjet driver or a Laserjet driver?

A special DeskJet driver; fonts on the DeskJet are sufficiently different
and brain-damaged that LaserJet drivers won't work if the use downloaded
fonts.  So you start slinging bits around . . .

It's a great little printer, and it's very very popular.

-tom
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From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
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