David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After someone else wrote: >> Basically you are very correct David in your >> statements. Except on one. The Linotype machines, L300, and L500, and >> their relatives, and descendants, are actually output devices, > >Correct. > (snip discussion of metal slug devices) > >The major reason I put the distinction in my note is that Linotype >devices (and other professional presses) generally operate at 2400 dpi >resolution (about 4 times the resolution of the typical Canon-based >desktop laser printer) and bitmaps for 600 dpi printers look LOUSY on >that type of device. The stroke-based character font definitions are >interpreted by the PostScript interpreter in the press device, and thus >are rendered at full device resolution, producing significantly better >output.
The L300 is 2540dpi and will also run at 1270dpi. (Hint: metric units.) I once did TeX postscript output for this machine, and generated the 1270dpi *.pk files with Metafont. The postscript files were about 500kB/page. Metafont has parameters that you adjust differently for xerographic printers than for phototypesetters. I did print some of the 1270dpi files on a 300dpi printer, and the difference was noticable. -- glen
