Subject: Re: Various ramblings...
To: Ken Nakata <kenn@romulus.rutgers.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: macbsd-general
Date: 08/23/1995 10:05:18
> > Isn't the stylewriter basically a Canon BubbleJet?
>
> Mechanically, yes. Softwarewise, no. Canon BJ does have some fonts
> in its ROM, but Apple SW has no fonts if I'm not mistaken. Everyting
> is sent to the printer as bitmap. DW is more of an ordinary serial
> dot-impact printer, isn't it?
?? No more so than the Canon. The DW speaks an abridged version of
PCL. The printer does support built-in fonts, though I haven't been
able to get at them. From the point of view of graphics dumps, it's the
same as a DeskJet (DeskJet+ maybe).
> kenn
Take care,
Bill