[comp.sys.next] Tex output at 72dpi via iwf

rit@killdeer.Stanford.EDU (Jean-Francois Rit) (05/03/91)

In reply on my own posting on how to do this, I found a first quick hack.

Metafont needs a definition for a mode to generate fonts for a given
resolution. On the next, the modes are defined in a next.mf file (in
/usr/lib/mf/bases I think). There is an almost correct mode named DD
for 70dpi output. If you configure the dvips config file for your
printer to work with 70 definition and DD mode you get a better
output.

I still have to make a mode working for 72dpi. For this I have to
figure out how to define a new mode in metafont (and find out if other
parameters than resolution work). I am bugged right now with a tbl bug
which makes reading man mf a bit hard...

If you have figured that out, please tell me, otherwise, I'll keep you
posted. 

JF

PS: No your standard apple printer cable won't work, you need to have
an "unlike" cable described in NextAnswers.