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- From: anderj2@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Jason Anderson)
- Subject: Re: Why not to get DeskWriter (was Re: HP Deskwriter Bug?)
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 00:41:34 GMT
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- In article <BzBp2p.2Is@cs.psu.edu> plambert@bluegreen.crayola.cs.psu.edu (Paul M Lambert) writes:
- >
- >Well, I for one have many reasons! Even the DW 2.2 software drivers don't
- >work well... I am in charge of a very small network, with a DeskWriter, Image-
- >Writer II, two Mac Classics running Sys 6.07, a Mac SE running Sys 6.07, and
- >an LC II running Sys 7.01.
- >
- >The DW 3.1 drivers DON'T WORK! If I install them, they run fine for a few
- >hours, but then when I finally say "hey, they're working!" and leave, someone
- >comes to get me and they've stopped. Suddenly the public macs (the Classics)
- >no longer will print. When you click OK, no matter WHAT the settings, you
- >get an address error. It happens in every application.
- >
- > [ portion cut ]
- >
- >I haven't had too much time to bitch at Hewlett Packard or Claris (who makes
- >MacWrite II). For all I know, some of the problems may be MacWrite II's fault.
- >But then again, a lot of the problems happen with any software. I suggest you
- >don't get a DeskWriter. It's a great printer, but until HP learns how to
- >write printer drivers, don't bother. They've given it three or four tries now
- >and it's almost but not quite as reliable as the ImageWriter II AppleTalk
- >driver a friend uses on his AMIGA Mac emulator. That's pretty bad. I have to
- >charge $0.10 per page to use the DeskWriter, not because it costs that much to
- >print, but because I feel bad charging people directly for the pages they print
- >that don't come out anything like what they wanted.
-
- Granted, it appears you have had many problems. I would like to add that I
- have never had a problem with my printer. I used to have it on a network
- with no problem. I have had it hooked up to a Mac Plus and newer Macs. I
- think it is unfair to urge people not to buy a printer when you haven't even
- tried to work it out with HP or Claris. I have never had a problem to need
- to call HP, but you never know, they may actually help you.
-
- >It's a pity so many people here are buying computers and choosing IBM because
- >even though it's more difficult to use, "at least they work."
-
- I am personally one that thinks comparing IBM and Mac is like comparing
- apples and oranges. Some people just prefer IBM, others Mac, and even others
- prefer an IBM to act like a Mac. :) But, I can say that paying top-dollar
- for that "at least they work" attitude is way wrong. I used to coop at IBM
- and I had to setup many PS/2's with OS/2. It was an amazingly excrutiating
- process. When I got my IIsi, I just installed the coprocessor and then
- turned it on. Yes, I could kick the hell out of that Mod 80, but I have
- never wanted to kick my Mac. :)
-
- >I hate Hewlett Packard.
-
- That is obvious...
-
- Jason
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