From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 16 19:26:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA05989 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 19:26:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA05981 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 19:26:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA23043; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:26:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:26:01 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: Chuck Robey 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, Chuck Robey wrote: > 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. How sensitive is it to paper quality? I know my 1990 vintage DeskJet output looks decent on premium quality paper, but pretty poor on anything else. This seems to be one area where lasers are more flexible. Also, after about 6 years, the paper feed mechanism becomes notably unreliable. This is something to keep in mind since the paper handling mechanism is essentially the same on most every member of the deskjet family I've seen. Presumably this is something that can be repaired with replacement parts, but I've never investigated. -john