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- From: mheniff@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (mike)
- Subject: Re: Deskjet 550 faster than Deskjet Plus in Win3.1?
- References: <syny.724448371@crux1.cit.cornell.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:41:16 GMT
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- In article <syny.724448371@crux1.cit.cornell.edu> syny@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (R Craig Stevenson) writes:
- >I am contemplating upgrading from a Deskjet Plus to a Deskjet 550C.
- >Obviously, printing color will be *slower* than B&W.
- >
- >The question is: is the deskjet 550 faster or better at printing
- >non-color documents and graphics generated under windows 3.1? I know
- >that the 550 has "scalable fonts support", but does it offer any
- >improvement with TT or ATM fonts? Does the 500 or 550 drivers offer
- >any advantage over the Plus drivers?
- >
- >Apart for gaining color, are there any other aspects about the 550c
- >that makes this printer a better deal than the Deskjet Plus?
- >
- I have a Deskjet 550 (not the color one) and have had no problem under
- windows. The text prints out much faster than any dot matrix I've seen
- and in great quality too. I sometimes have some problems with printing
- out graphics with 300x300dpi (mainly its slow). I also hear that with
- the 550c you get less B&W pages for your ink cartridge (expensive!!).
- Is that true?
-
- Mike
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