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From: ralph@mit-atrp.UUCP (Amiga-Man)
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Subject: Getting fonts printed out right
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Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 12:54:26 EST
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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.
I'm sure the people at CBM can give you the actual details and answers
but I figured I'd just jump in and tell you how I get around this all.
It turns out that the printer driver is mighty smart and capable and
can do everything we need. The problem is that it almost always get passed
the wrong parameters by programs which call it (like DPaint). It seems
the people that write these programs think all we want to do is print
out pretty images with PERFECT aspect ratios. Mind you, I appreciate
the fact that such a thing is very hard to do and thank you for providing
such capability, but, jeese, GIVE ME AN OPTION TO SHUT IT OFF !
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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"