Tektronix 4010/4014 terminal printer project - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Feb 2011

...
 > For the vector purists (e.g. me) making SVG or
Postscript or PDF or some
> True vector format, would be a desirable goal. But with endpoint resolution
> Only 1024x768 probably overkill. I still hate seeing what I know are
> True vector lines, get rasterized. 
...
  Actually, IIRC, the 4631 is  raster, not a vector
device, It scans an 
 electro beam across the storage target in the (vecotr display) CRT and 
 reads out what's stored. And IIRC it does it a scan line at a time and 
 prints the image using a strange, flat, 1-axis CRT onto photosensitive 
 paper with the other axis being achieved by the paper movement.  
I was using a 4631 as late as 1990 to do "real work". (OK, it was academic, but
real.)
Somebody in office supplies knew somebody in procurement who could get me as much of
The silver paper as I wanted.

Anyway, even though the 4631 was a raster device in scanning, it still managed
To avoid the jaggies that most pixellated devices suffer from. I note that the
Decent PDF and SVG viewers manage to smooth over much of the jagginess.

Tim.