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Re: Boston II and ImageWriter II

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From: chuq
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1986 16:20
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> In article <69@uwmacc.UUCP> dan@uwmacc.UUCP (dan jatnieks) writes:
> 
> >[Boston II manual won't print on ImageWriter II]
> >
> >What's the problem here?  Could the Boston II
> >fonts be incompatible with the ImageWriter II?  Why would that be?

I would guess that you are trying to print it with Microsoft Word.  The
Boston II manual is complex enough that it HAS to be printed with MacWrite
with the MacWrite fonts, or it won't work.
> 
> I didn't try to download the manual (I was too lazy, especially
> at 300 BPS) but I did download the fonts.

If you didn't read the manual, you are missing most of the features of
Boston II.  Your loss.  That manual is also a great introduction to doing
readable text -- well worth reading just to learn to to write stuff that
looks good!

chuq
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