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- From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Erik A. Johnson)
- Subject: Re: HP Deskwriters, esp. C
- References: <1992Jul22.230059.2056@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> <1376@sousa.ltn.dec.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:55:48 GMT
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- long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
- > I like having the color. In my opinion, the Deskwriter C is best suited to
- > printing things like GIFs, because in color mode (different cartridge) the
- > "black" is a composite of the three other colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow,
- > I guess). Therefore, it is not "true" black, so it looks a little odd
- > (compared with a page printed with the black cartridge) if you are printing a
- > page that is mostly black text with some color highlights. It does a very
- > nice job with color pictures, though. You should go to a computer store and
- > try to get a demo, if possible. I'm very pleased with mine, and find the
- > quality very high.
-
- What do you do if you are going to be printing just plain black text? Is it
- merely a cartridge switch? Then switch back to color cartridge when you want
- to print color?
-
- Thanks.
-
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