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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:43:15 EST
- From: <CXL121@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92351.204315CXL121@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Deskjet 550 faster than Deskjet Plus in Win3.1?
- References: <syny.724448371@crux1.cit.cornell.edu>
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- In article <syny.724448371@crux1.cit.cornell.edu>, syny@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (R
- Craig Stevenson) says:
- >
- >I am contemplating upgrading from a Deskjet Plus to a Deskjet 550C.
- >Obviously, printing color will be *slower* than B&W.
- >
- [...]
- Black Color
- Windows (presentation mode) 1 ppm 7 min/page
- (Normal mode) 2 ppm 4 min/page
- (Draft mode) 3 ppm 3 min/page
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- DOS (LQ mode) 167cps @ 10cpi depends on doc. contents
- (Draft mode) 240cps @ 10cpi software, system, etc.
- * approximate speeds actual speed will vary depending
- on system, software and amount of page coverage.
- [...]
- >Apart for gaining color, are there any other aspects about the 550c
- >that makes this printer a better deal than the Deskjet Plus?
- >
- [...]
- On a personal note, I like the fact that added memory can be configured as
- an input buffer...it helps speed thing up a bit!
-
- Just my $.02
-
- -Chris
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- Christopher J. Lemond INTERNET:cxl121@psuvm.psu.edu BITNET:cxl121@psuvm
- Penn State University - Electrical Engineering
- DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of
- Penn State...they are mine...but sometimes I disagree
- with myself.
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