Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!cbmvax!daveb From: daveb@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Berezowski GUEST) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Getting fonts printed out right Message-ID: <1116@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 08:02:38 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1116 Posted: Mon Dec 15 08:02:38 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 20:56:12 EST References: <819@ulowell.UUCP> <2179@well.UUCP> <1257@cadovax.UUCP> <569@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski GUEST) Organization: DMB, Inc. Lines: 39 In article <569@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> ralph@ATRP.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Amiga-Man) writes: >The question of why many programs do an exceptionally bad job of printing >out things like fine line graphics and fonts has come up again. etc. etc. etc. >such capability, but, jeese, GIVE ME AN OPTION TO SHUT IT OFF ! > -- > || > / \ > /~~~~\ > The Solution |______| > >I use the screen dumper program posted by C Scheppner(sp?) which allows >you to grab any screen or window and dump it to the printer after asking >you all the right questions about "number of input pixels" and "output pixels" >and "printing modes". This indeed gives the cherished 1:1, or 2:1 or whatever, >types of printing that fine line graphics and fonts require. It works. >I suppose I could send out a uuencoded executable.....or just the source... >Heck, is this thing archived somewhere ? > > Ralph...a gradual student > "The future's so bright....I gotta wear shades" The other thing you MAY want to do here is select 'B&W' mode from Preferences (as opposed to COLOR or GREY-SCALE). COLOR and GREY-SCALE both DITHER the image to get the desired effect, HOWEVER B&W does NO dithering what-so-ever and thus preserves all the pixels. B&W mode can be thought of like a photo-copier with the 'THRESHOLD' value acting like the contrast (or darkness) control. It simply decides which colors will print as white and which colors will print as black. IF one selects an inverted image (ie. black is white and white is black) then the threshold value will flip accordingly. Hope you find this info useful. PS. I agree with you totally re programs not giving the user the chance to 'play' with the printer input values. I've passed my 2-cents worth on to EA, AEGIS, etc re having some sort of printer requestor come up BUT no one has done it yet. Tis a shame. Regards, David Berezowski