From: utzoo!decvax!cca!NCRAWFORD@DARCOM-KA@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.works
Title: Re: WORKS Digest V2 #70
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2494
Posted: Fri Aug  6 07:26:15 1982
Received: Sun Aug  8 07:54:47 1982

From: NCRAWFORD at DARCOM-KA
IN RESPONSE TO MIKE O'DELL'S COMMENTS ON WHAT TYPOGRAPHERS AND PRINTERS
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IMAGES ON PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER
THAT ARE MADE BY COMPUTERS - I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 3 YEARS SINCE I HAVE
DONE ANY TYPOGRAPHY, HOWEVER I DO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS OF THE QUALITY
OF TYPE PRODUCED BY COMPUTER TYPESETTING.  THE TYPE OF COMPUTER
THAT SETS TYPE A WHOLE CHARACTER AT A TIME GIVES A BETTER IMAGE THAN
THE FASTER TYPES THAT SCAN AND SET A LINE OR PAGE AT A TIME AS
- THEY SET FROM THE TOP OF THE CHARACTERS TO THE BASE OF THE CHARACTERS
- HENCE NOT GIVING THE QUALITY OF THE SINGLE IMAGE OF THE CHARACTER
PASSING THROUGH THE LENSE AND ONTO THE PAPER - I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE
WITH MY EYEBALL WITHOUT THE AID OF A "100 POWER MAGNIFIER"
THE LASER OR "JET INK" TYPES' PROBLEM WITH THE FUZZINESS
IS BROUGHT ABOUT WHEN YOU PICK UP THE SPEED. TO ME THE SLOW METHODS
SHOULD BE USED FOR THE "QUALITY" APPLICATIONS AND THE FASTER METHODS
FOR "NEWSPAPER" QUALITY.  MAYBE MY KNOWLEDGE IS NOT ON THE LEVEL
WITH YOU GUYS - SPEAKING IN TERMS OF "INHERENT INTEGRATION" BUT I DO KNOW
THAT THE "SMOOTHER INITIAL EDGES" DO CAUSE A "SMOOTHER FINAL
PRODUCT", ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT RULING AND GRAPHICS
IMAGES.  ARE THERE ANY COMPUTERS NOW THAT CAN RULE FORMS WITH THE 
QUALITY THAT AN ARTIST ATTAINS WITH A 0000 RAPIDOGRAPH?  I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THAT KIND OF QUALITY AND THE ABILITY TO DROP TYPE IN THE
FORMS CENTERED OR FLUSH WITHIN THOSE LINES.  DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE XEROX COMPUTER THAT CLAIMS TO DO THIS (SAW AN AD
IN NEWSWEEK ABOUT IT)?  - CHERYL G.