Re: Difference in quality latex printer output

[Robert Ian Smit <robian@xs4all.nl>]

* Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org> [14-08-2003 18:05]:
> > Although you can cleary see that the same formatting options are
> > used, the look of the printout is much better when done on the
> > unstable system. 
 
> I believe that unstable is now using Postscript Type 1 versions of
> the Computer Modern fonts.  
> 
> You can check if I'm right, by using dvips on your stable system with 
> 
> dvips -Pcmz file.dvi -o file.ps

Using this option results in a better, clearer print quality on the
stable system. I am not sure the quality is now identical (need more
samples to compare), but it's a start to say the least.

Thanks,
Bob