On Tue, 09 May 2000, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Ramon" == Ramon Diaz-Uriarte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Ramon> I am having trouble printing with the default font (but NOT
> Ramon> other fonts, such as palatino). The printed quality of the
> Ramon> documents I generate in my Linux box (tex->dvi->ps) is lower
> Ramon> than the quality of the same tex file, printed at home too, but
> Ramon> processed in my department's Linux machines. The differences
> Ramon> are: - fonts are "thicker"; - fonts are compressed vertically
>
> Did you try to choose a correct metafont mode for your printer?
> Different printers are known to render the same texts differently,
> depending on their physical characteristics.
I do think I did (but I might be wrong). I have added my config.ps at the the
end.
>
> Ramon> The weird thing is that if I save the document as LaTeX, and
> Ramon> then use pdflatex, I don't see any problem (i.e., I get good
> Ramon> quality output)!
>
> I guess pdflatex uses postscript fonts, doesn't it?
>
> What is your printer, BTW?
An old Canon BJ-200. (But is not the printing where things get messed up; it is
in the dvips step; I can print documents in this printer just fine, if I run
dvips in another machine and then get the document home and print here).
>
> JMarc
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% teTeX's config.ps. Thomas Esser, 1998, public domain.
% Memory available. Download the three-line PostScript file:
% %! Hey, we're PostScript
% /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont 144 432 moveto
% vmstatus exch sub 40 string cvs show pop showpage
% to determine this number. (It will be the only thing printed.)
m 3500000
% How to print, maybe with lp instead lpr, etc. If commented-out, output
% will go into a file by default.
o
% Default resolution of this device, in dots per inch.
D 360
X 360
Y 360
% Metafont mode. (This is completely different from the -M command-line
% option, which controls whether MakeTeXPK is invoked.) Get
% @url{ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/modes.mf} for a list of mode names. This mode
% and the D number above must agree, or MakeTeXPK will get confused.
M bjtzzex
% Also look for this list of resolutions.
R 300 600
% Correct printer offset. You can use testpage.tex from the LaTeX
% distribution to find these numbers.
O 0pt,0pt
% With a high resolution and a RISC cpu, better to compress the bitmaps.
% PS files are much more compact, but can sometimes cause trouble.
Z
% Partially download Type 1 fonts by default. Only reason not to do
% this is if you encounter bugs. (Please report them to
% @email{tex-k@@mail.tug.org} if you do.)
j
% Configuration of postscript type 1 fonts:
p psfonts.map
% This shows how to add your own map file.
% Remove the comment and adjust the name:
% p +myfonts.map
@ letterSize 8.5in 11in
@ a4 210mm 297mm
@+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: a4
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: a4
@+ a4
@+ %%EndPaperSize
@ A4size 210mm 297mm
@+ %%PaperSize: A4
@ letter 8.5in 11in
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter
@+ letter
@+ %%EndPaperSize
@ legal 8.5in 14in
@+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: Legal
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: Legal
@+ legal
@+ %%EndPaperSize
@ ledger 17in 11in
@+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: Ledger
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: Ledger
@+ ledger
@+ %%EndPaperSize
@ tabloid 11in 17in
@+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: Tabloid
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: Tabloid
@+ 11x17
@+ %%EndPaperSize
@ a3 297mm 420mm
@+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: a3
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: a3
@+ a3
@+ %%EndPaperSize
@ unknown 0in 0in
@+ statusdict /setpageparams known { hsize vsize 0 1 statusdict begin {
@+ setpageparams } stopped end } { true } ifelse { statusdict /setpage known
@+ { hsize vsize 1 statusdict begin { setpage } stopped pop end } if } if
