Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-31 Thread Richard Heck
On 08/30/2013 11:16 PM, Ken Springer wrote: AFAIK, PostScript is a printer language, where a PDF is supposed to be a cross platform, software independent document format. And the web has nothing to do with it. PostScript is an interpreted programming language, largely intended, of course,

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Ken Springer
On 8/30/13 8:22 AM, Richard Heck wrote: On 08/29/2013 08:38 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 1:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality of the printed output from a LyX docu

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Ken Springer
On 8/30/13 8:25 AM, Richard Heck wrote: On 08/29/2013 08:41 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 8:19 AM, Richard Heck wrote: On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Ken Springer
On 8/30/13 12:23 AM, Stephen George wrote: On 30/08/2013 1:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 8:08 PM, Steve Litt wrote: When doing stochastic screening, the ideal is to screen at the same dpi as the final printing device. Next best is an even multiple. I.E. screen at 300 dpi for printing o

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Marcus Glöder
Hello Ken, A LyX document is not printed. From a LyX document you generated first a LaTeX document and then from the LaTeX document a PDF document. The PDF document is printed. Of course, the quality of the printout depends on the output device. There is a tiny difference between a DeskJet 5

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Richard Heck
On 08/29/2013 08:41 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 8:19 AM, Richard Heck wrote: On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality of the printed output from a LyX

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-30 Thread Richard Heck
On 08/29/2013 08:38 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 1:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the quality of the

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Stephen George
On 30/08/2013 1:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 8:08 PM, Steve Litt wrote: When doing stochastic screening, the ideal is to screen at the same dpi as the final printing device. Next best is an even multiple. I.E. screen at 300 dpi for printing on a 600 dpi printer. You also have to d

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Ken Springer
On 8/29/13 8:08 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:51:24 -0600 Ken Springer wrote: On 8/29/13 4:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400 Richard Heck wrote: On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Mu

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:51:24 -0600 Ken Springer wrote: > On 8/29/13 4:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400 > > Richard Heck wrote: > > > >> On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer > >>> wrote: > Much like

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Ken Springer
On 8/29/13 4:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400 Richard Heck wrote: On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality of the printed output

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Ken Springer
On 8/29/13 8:19 AM, Richard Heck wrote: On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the quality of the pr

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Ken Springer
On 8/29/13 1:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the quality of the printer being used. Right or wrong? If wrong,

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400 Richard Heck wrote: > On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer > > wrote: > >> Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the > >> actual quality of the printed output from a LyX document wil

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Richard Heck
On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the quality of the printer being used. Right or wrong? If wr

Re: Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-29 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote: > Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality > of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the quality of the > printer being used. > > Right or wrong? If wrong, why? > Well, kind of. Of course the

Question #2: Printed results from LyX

2013-08-28 Thread Ken Springer
Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the quality of the printer being used. Right or wrong? If wrong, why? -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.4 Firefox 23.0 Thunderbird 17.0.8 LibreOffice 4.1.04