rick@trlamct.oz (Rick Coxhill) (05/15/89)
I am considering purchase of one of these printers. Looking at the spec.
sheet, I noticed the following:
"Type Styles and Sizes
Most characters can be printed in sizes from 2-point to 127-point.
^ ^
...... [other stuff deleted]."
The printer claims to be a Postscript printer, so why is there this
upper limit on point size?
The local distributors claim the specs. are wrong.
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Rick Coxhill. Telecom Australia Research Labs. Clayton. Vic. Aust.greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid) (05/17/89)
In article <565@trlamct.oz> rick@trlamct.oz (Rick Coxhill) writes: >I am considering purchase of one of these printers. Looking at the spec. >sheet, I noticed the following: > >"Type Styles and Sizes >Most characters can be printed in sizes from 2-point to 127-point. > ^ ^ >...... [other stuff deleted]." > >The printer claims to be a Postscript printer, so why is there this >upper limit on point size? It is an Adobe PostScript printer, and there is no limit on point size. I think that application software only supported a limited range when they originally put their marketing literature together, and those numbers only reflect that. I imagine that they thought it was an impressive range and left it at that (after all, who needs type bigger than 127 point, right?) Rest assured; I think we once calculated here that you can image a character as big as Cleveland if you want to.... Glenn Reid Adobe Systems
cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) (05/17/89)
In article <834@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.COM (Glenn Reid) writes: }after all, who needs type bigger }than 127 point, right?) Actually something like 800 point is a pretty interesting size: it is the size at which a single letter just fills a full 8.5x11 page. You could do your "Happy Birthday" banner at one-page-per-letter at that size. /Bernie\
cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (05/18/89)
In article <565@trlamct.oz>, rick@trlamct.oz (Rick Coxhill) writes:
# I am considering purchase of one of these printers. Looking at the spec.
# sheet, I noticed the following:
#
# "Type Styles and Sizes
# Most characters can be printed in sizes from 2-point to 127-point.
# ^ ^
# ...... [other stuff deleted]."
#
# The printer claims to be a Postscript printer, so why is there this
# upper limit on point size?
#
# The local distributors claim the specs. are wrong.
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# UUCP: ...!uunet!munnari!trlamct.oz!rick Tel: 61 3 541 6249
Someone probably tried to alter their Microsoft Word PRD file to
produce #127 point type, found it didn't work, and assumed it was
the printer's limit. In fact, it is a problem in Microsoft Word
PRD structure definition.
Are you sure it doesn't use a PostScript near-clone, instead?
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