From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 16 19:43:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA07025 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 19:43:32 -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 TAA07020 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 19:43:29 -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 WAA11602; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:42:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:42:25 -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, 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! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------