boyle@ANL-MCS.ARPA.UUCP (05/28/87)
I don't think you can blame the combination of write-white and Postacript for the appearance of your output. We have a write-white QMS PS2400 that produces very good output. The characters look "thin", but no parts are missing, nor does the output appear "scratched". The LW+ is still my favorite printer, though.
JMS@ARIZMIS.BITNET.UUCP (05/28/87)
ChristosZ actually is being a bit unfair when he complains about the font output from the TI printer. The problem is not in the printer, but in the font definitions he is using. The Metafont files for the standard TEXTSET drivers (DVI to PS) are designed for a laser writer. The correct fonts would be designed for a write-white engine (like the imagen). The proper thing to do is either: 1) use the correct font files (for Imagen) or 2) don't download the fonts at all, but use the built-in postscript fonts (CMR look-alikes, sort-of) and the .TFM files that Textset (Arbortext) provides for Postscript printers. We do the (2) with a modified LaTeX and get excellent output, of virtually identical quality to a Laserwriter. jms +-------------------------------+ | Joel M Snyder | BITNET: jms@arizmis.BITNET | Univ of Arizona Dep't of MIS | Internet: jms@mrsvax.mis.arizona.edu | Tucson, Arizona 85721 | Pseudo-PhoneNET: (602) 621-2748 +-------------------------------+ ICBM: 32 13 N / 110 58 W (I have gotten into trouble too many times to put any faith in disclaimers) "There's nothing here that an overdose of Seconal won't cure."
christosz@ppc.ubc.CDN.UUCP (06/04/87)
We just tested our new Texas Instruments TI2115 laser printer using TEX.
The character quality has still some problems. Very thin and fine lines
actually seem to disappear completely. We used the standard Postscript
driver from TEXTSET to output the .DVI files to the printer.
I would be hesitant to call the output we got "Very-very good".
It is only acceptable. The characters have rough edges and gaps in their
continuity. It is very noticable that parts of the characters are missing
and the character curves appear irregular sometimes. It's hard to believe
that the pages came out off an $8K printer! We can line with the output but
we would be reluctant to use it for final copies.
The pages look like somebody "scratched" them after they were printed. The
quality is not as good as the quality of an output from an Apple Laserwriter
and it looks like it came out off a 200 dpi printer and not a 300 dpi one.
The combination of the "write-white" technology and Postscript might be
accountable for that. I think the print quality really calls for some
improvements still to be done on the printer from TI, Ricoh, and Adobe
(Adobe are you listening?).
The printer is more than excellent though for graphics work.
CCZ
System Manager
Pulp and Paper Centre
U. of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, V6T-1W5
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