Good printing means 'fonts' and 'drivers' matched to programs
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Fonts and printer drivers are special files that ensure compatibility between software and printer. Specifically, a font contains a set of typefaces, such as Helvetica or Times Roman. The Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows graphical user interface contain fonts that appear on screen and on printouts. Recent font technology is moving away from the older 'bitmaps' to 'scalable' or 'outline' fonts that easily reproduces character in whatever size the user chooses. Type 1 Fonts work with PostScript-based printers, while TrueType fonts for Microsoft Windows 3.1 or the Macintosh System 7 operating system work with any laser printer. Printer drivers translate the output of a program, such as a word processor, into printer code. With the emergence of graphical computing, as pioneered by the Apple Macintosh and carried on by Microsoft Windows, various software use the same set of fonts and drivers to communicate with a printer.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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New storage disk is great for movies but can't yet record
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Digital Video Disk or Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) technology is a boon for the entertainment, consumer electronics and computer industries. The new DVD disks, which look like CDs, but hold 7 times more audio, graphic and video data: 4.7 GB currently, and up to 8.5 GB in the future. DVD disks can hold a full-length major motion picture, or a phone book for the entire country. DVD players do not yet have recording capability, but offer substantial improvements in audio and video quality over VCRs. DVD players will be backwards compatible with CDs, and DVD-ROM drives for PCs will read CD-ROMs. DVD-ROM drives require complex installation, but DVD players connect easily to television sets and cost between $500-$750. Major movies are now available in DVD format for approximately $20 a title. DVD movies are divided into sections, and the player can easily locate a specific 'chapter,' making it easy to find a scene or still.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1997
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New PCS phones beat cellular system in quality and cost
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Personal communications system (PCS) technology offers greater sound quality, more numerous features and better security assurance than cellular phone technology. PCS service is presently available only in the Washington DC region, but communications firms are developing the infrastructures to support PCS technology. PCS phones include such innovative features as integral numeric paging, complimentary caller ID, no charge for an incoming call's first minute and free voice mail. The wireless PCS system is similar in structure to a cellular system, but PCS uses streams of digital data for its transmission, providing a clearer signal with less static than cellular phones. PCS service promises to be less expensive than present cellular services, when they are ultimately introduced across the US.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1996
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