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Chapter 8: Output Methods
In addition, Adobe Acrobat and PDF have improved the document workow, by placing
much more of the burden on the authoring computer, where it belongs, rather than on
the printer. is ensures that the result, whether viewed on another computer or output
to a printer, is the same.
PostScript CJKV Printers
One of the very rst solutions available for obtaining high-quality CJKV output was to
acquire a PostScript Japanese printer. One of the most common models was the Apple
LaserWriter II NTX-J, a PostScript Level 1 printer with built-in composite font support.
e Apple LaserWriter II NTX-J came with a 40 MB hard disk containing two PostScript
Japanese fonts, Morisawa’s Ryumin-Light and GothicBBB-Medium. ere are now many
PostScript Japanese printers that come bundled with up to 26 PostScript Japanese fonts.
ese fonts include the two just listed (sometimes baked into ROM rather than stored
on an internal or external hard disk—accessing ROM-based fonts is much faster) plus
additional fonts from Morisawa, the most common ones being FutoMinA101-Bold, Fu-
toGoB101-Bold, and Jun101-Light.
Companies such as Apple, Canon, Dainippon Printing, Digital, Electronics for Imaging
(EFI), Epson, Fuji-Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, Linotype-Hell, Oki Electric, Varityper, Xe-
rox, and others have manufactured PostScript CJKV printers. e products developed by
these compa