Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!burdvax!bpa!cbmvax!daveb From: daveb@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Berezowski GUEST) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Printing and Thanks to Carolyn et. al. (ANSWER to Question) Message-ID: <1151@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 13:16:53 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1151 Posted: Fri Dec 19 13:16:53 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 21:02:37 EST References: <869@ulowell.UUCP> Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski GUEST) Organization: DMB, Inc. Lines: 38 In article <869@ulowell.UUCP> Rminnich@dewey.udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) writes: >Ok, here goes... > >The Star Delta 10, I am told, is the equivalent of the Commodore >MBS10000 specified in preferences. So I pick that, set graphic select >to black&white, run deluxe paint with 'lo 1', and put some text on >the screen in emerald-20. ('This is a text' repeated three times). >Then i print it. Some of the 'T's (on the same line!) have different >thickness crossbars (the horizontal piece at the top). In other >words some T's have a crossbar one line high and some have two. >Some 'e's have the hole filled in, some do not. I can try this >with any font, any letters; they come out different in >different places, even when they are on the same line. I am >going to try this with a JX-80 and see what happens but suspect >i will see the same thing. I am also going to try an imagewriter >(if there is a driver handy- cannot remember if one is supplied with 1.1). >Hints anybody? I am really floored. > The problems you are experiencing HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PRINTER SPECIFIC DRIVER that you are using!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since EA did not allow the user to input the number of x and y pixels to print on the printer, the driver will use preferences to figure out what to do. It determines the number of x and y pixels to print via the left/right margin and the page size. Basically it computes the number of chars between the left and right margin and attempts to print a picture (in x) of that size. So............ if you play with changing the right margin, (which will change the size of the printout) you MAY end up getting a printout with none of the above problems. Good Luck! PS. The above formula is a simplification of the actual formula the printer driver uses BUT suffice to say that changing the left/right margin will give the desired effect.