[net.text] Difference between Canon and Xerox engines -> fonts too thin

pierre@imag.UUCP (Pierre L. LAFORGUE) (06/21/86)

For laser printers of 300pixels/inch, we found many fonts in the TeX
distribution tape. But it seems they are designed for the Imagen 8/300
which is a Canon-type printer.
We are working with an DEC LN01, which is a Xerox-type printer, and the TeX
papers we are getting are actually too thin, and the problem is the same with
Imagen 12/300 and 24/300 (Xerox-type).

I have heard that it is normal. A font printed in a Canon-type printer
is really bolder than the same on a Xerox-type.

So, I am looking for people who have the same problem and the "method" for
solving it. Is there a special distribution of 300 pixel/inch fonts for
Xerox-type printers, or programs to enbold standard TeX 300 pixel/inch fonts ?
And what about Troff fonts ?
-- 
Pierre Laforgue

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