From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 16 18:45:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA04170 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:45:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA04163 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:45:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA07830; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:44:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:44:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: John Fieber cc: Sean Kelly , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printer recommendation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, John Fieber wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Sean Kelly wrote: > > > Would anyone care to recommend a unit? > > HP recently announced a mid-priced [ink jet] model (~US$500 list > if I recall) that will do 9 pages a minute in black & white and > 5 in color. As far as color quality, there is a lot of raving > about the Epson Stylus 800 in photography newsgroups. I'll chime in. I got myself a HP 693C Inkjet. It's supposed to be available in a non-Windows version (I think model 691) but no one seems to stock it. It's popular, so it's heavily discounted, don't pay more than $350. It's nicely supported by ghostscript's cdjcolor and cdjmono drivers, and for the cost, is very likely the best quality printing you can get, this side of dye-sublimation. It's not as fast as your laser, but it's speedy enough at least for me, and the print quality, well, you'll have to look very closely at your black and white copies to tell the difference with your current printer. Magnifying glass-close. > > -john > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------