Desktop publishing: What it can and cannot do: An evolutionary outgrowth of word processing, the low-cost alternative to typesetting services has decided limitations in many applications
Ronald K. Jurgen · IEEE Spectrum · 1987
The author asserts that desktop publishing produces newsletters, reports, proposals, and other such material with satisfactory print quality. However, because of the resolution of most printers, it is not suitable for printing high-quality documents unless some degree of control and some of the time and money to be saved are forfeited by turning to typesetting machines and conventional techniques for handling photographs, particularly color reproductions. He describes the basic components of a desktop system and how they operate. The use of scanners for art is considered. Guidelines for purchasing desktop equipment are provided.