Why TeX?

[Peter da Silva]

In article <17998 at adm.BRL.MIL>, hxn8477%njitx.decnet at njitc.njit.edu (NJITX::HXN8477) writes:
> With TeX and its companion font generator, Metafont, you
> can typeset just about any document.

What does Tex do about dumb (non-bitmapped) output devices, like letter-
quality printers? Everything I've heard about it makes it sound like a
great deal if you have a laser-printer, but useless for a dumb output
device. What's the story?
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