maryw@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Mary Williams) (10/16/89)
Fredrick Horan (horan@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu) writes: | Several people in my department are interested in the HP Deskwriter | (also the GCC Personal Laser Printer). The printer produces great text and | graphics at slow but acceptable speeds. Also, the printer is cheap ($730 with | discount) and the operating cost is roughly equivalent to that of a | laserprinter (less then a $.05/page). | | I am concerned that this and other Quickdraw based printers may be (at least | initially) incompatable with the Outline fonts used with System-7. | | The HP Deskwriter comes with screen and printer (AGFA Compugraphic) fonts. | These screen and printer fonts are similar to each other (WYSI almost WYG). | What happens when the underlying software used to produced the screen fonts is | changed to support outline fonts instead? Will the old (bitmapped) screen | fonts continue to be supported? Will we require drivers for bitmapped printers | that are different from what we now get from HP (or GCC or other companies)? | | I may be worrying needlessly but I do not want to throw thousands of dollars | away on 'good' printers only to be stuck in the ugly amorphous muck of | incompatablity down the road. WSYI Fuzzy. | | Thanks in advance | Fred (horan@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu) Have no fear! All Quickdraw printers (including Apple's) will have to be revised. HP provides updates as a part of our support for the DeskWriter. The program is currently in place to distribute updated drivers to customers. Also, from our understanding, Apple is working with HP, AGFA Compugraphic and many others to make sure that System 7.0 is compatible with existing hardware and fonts. Hope this helps! Mary +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Mary J. Williams GSY/USO/UCS 408-447-4793 | | Hewlett-Packard 19447 Pruneridge Avenue, MS 47LC Cupertino, CA 95014 | | maryw@hpcupt1.HP.COM or maryw%hpda@hplabs.HP.COM or ...ucbvax!hpda!maryw | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+