Rminnich@dewey.udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) (12/18/86)
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.
By the way i have heard a lot of complaints about (1) black lines
in the monitor, or (2) flicker. People seem to think the tiny Mac screen
is soo much better. sheesh.
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rondaveb@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Berezowski GUEST) (12/19/86)
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.
keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) (12/23/86)
In article <1151@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski GUEST) writes: > 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. Then again, you may not. Using DPaint I, I constructed a 320x200 'test pattern' that consisted of alternating vertical black & white lines across the top, and alternating horizontal black and white lines across the left edge. By adjusting margins, I found that anything over 1-85 or so gave me good results across the top, but didn't seem to affect the results at the left edge ( every so often, black lines were replicated). I then tried to adjust the page length, which had absolutely NO effect. Perhaps if I adjust margins more, the software will think that the aspect ratio is such that it will come out the way I want, but I kinda doubt it, cause it seems that that calculation is fixed, though I still don't know why making the margins larger yet don't seem to have any discernable effect. I finally gave up in disgust. I've been too busy to try one of the screen dump programs yet to know what they will do, but that is what I'm planning to do about it next (at least until I get DPaint II). Keith Doyle # {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd # cadovax!keithd@ucla-locus.arpa