CompuServe Thread

Most users misunderstand. Learning TeX? What for? I wrote several big manuals with TeX and still don't know most of the TeX basics. It simply doesn't make sense to start learning TeX by reading the TeX books. Most of my friends (and include me) spend most of the time getting the software installed. Once installed, you simply start writing using LaTeX. Again… you simply don't read a complete LaTeX manual. You rather use the samples in the book as help… in most cases, LaTeX does everything for you automaticly. And in case there are some problems, what are CIS and friends for? Actually, the most complex text I ever wrote was my first TeX text. Funny? I wrote it in a single afternoon. As said… I did complete manuals later… To Joan: yep, it might be that your Kyocera doesn't work correctly. The driver uses download fonts for printing in Laserjet mode. Sometimes non-HP printers (and some old HP printers) do have problems with download fonts. Often they refuse certain download fonts because of their format or lack of memory in the printer. Some drivers allow you to define the max download buffer of the printer. Try lowering the value. In this case the driver will print using graphics mode instead of download fonts for larger fonts. If nothing helps… print using the Workbench driver… but this surely is much slower.