Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:52:49 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printer recommendation Message-ID: <19970917125249.41361@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916211857.15834E-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>; from John Fieber on Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 09:26:01PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916214001.306F-100000@Journey2.mat.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916211857.15834E-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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On Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 09:26:01PM -0500, 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. > > Also, after about 6 years, the paper feed mechanism becomes > notably unreliable. To be fair, you should note that that was the case 6 years ago. If the inkjets have improved as much as laser printers have, I don't think that would have much relevance to a modern printer. Greg
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