[comp.lang.postscript] LBP-SX: write black or white?

grandi@noao.arizona.edu (Steve Grandi) (01/20/88)

Is the Canon LBP-SX laser printer engine (used in the newly announced Apple
Laserwriter IIs) a write-black engine (like the engine in the Laserwriter)
or a write-white engine?

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langdon@lll-lcc.aRpA (Bruce Langdon) (01/25/88)

In article <661@noao.UUCP>, grandi@noao.arizona.edu (Steve Grandi) writes:
> Is the Canon LBP-SX laser printer engine (used in the newly announced Apple
> Laserwriter IIs) a write-black engine (like the engine in the Laserwriter)
> or a write-white engine?

Since small marks, including parts of characters, come out differently on
write-black and write-white, I think descriptions of printers should always
say which they are. But this information is seldom given.
Since I am tooled up for write-black, a write-white printer is a non-starter.
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