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I'm not sure why the examples are marked as incorrect. They look ok to me, but I am not an expert on those languages, (and I have not tested them for operation). [[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 09:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
I'm not sure why the examples are marked as incorrect. They look ok to me, but I am not an expert on those languages, (and I have not tested them for operation). [[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 09:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
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:Because both are using the "point" as in 1/72 of an inch, which decidedly is not the same as a smallest possible ink smudge. It is much more reasonable to do on a modern printer, because determining the smallest dot size of a printer reliably and portably is nontrivial, and printer languages such as PS and PCL exist precisely so people don't need to worry about this kind of things -- but, that's not what your task asks for. --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 23:24, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
:Because both are using the "point" as in 1/72 of an inch, which decidedly is not the same as a smallest possible ink smudge. It is much more reasonable to do on a modern printer, because determining the smallest dot size of a printer reliably and portably is nontrivial, and printer languages such as PS and PCL exist precisely so people don't need to worry about this kind of things -- but, that's not what your task asks for. --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 23:24, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
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::In the tcl comments it reads "Send postscript to default printer, scaled 1 pixel -> 1 point". Isn't that achieving the goal? Or does the code not actually do what the comment says? |
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::I am not familiar with PS or PCL. Do these go down to fractions of a point? [[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 23:50, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
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