Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:42:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printer recommendation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916223918.306G-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916211857.15834E-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, John Fieber wrote: > 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. I use laser paper. They tried to sell me paper when I bought my printer, but I had bought a case a month before my old laser died, so I use that. On laser paper, it depends a little on just how much ink is deposited. Text, no sweat at all. I've printed maybe 20 graphics so far; just one had so much color, it saturated the paper. All the others were superior. That one was while I was experimenting with the 24 bit capability of the printer, I'm not sure. > > 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. Let you know in 6 years :-) > > -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! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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