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- From: WHITESR@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (Steve White)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: HP Deskwriter vs Stylewriter[II]:Durability
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 14:53:28 GMT
- Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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- Message-ID: <1imot8INNdoi@lester.appstate.edu>
- References: <1992Dec31.012756.5236@spdcc.com> <4912@svin09.info.win.tue.nl> <1993Jan6.222140.16385@uts.uni-c.dk>
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- In-Reply-To: povlphp@uts.uni-c.dk's message of Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:21:40 GMT
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- > In <4912@svin09.info.win.tue.nl> keesh@wsinfo06.info.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing) writes:
- > >klarer@spdcc.com (Steve Klarer) writes:
- > >>In a discussion a few months ago someone said that the Deskwriter was
- > >>designed to be able to print 60,000 pages but the Stylewriter was
- > >>designed for only 3,000. Does anyone know if the figures are accurate?
- > I wrote this some time back.
- > >As is pointed out in another posting, the 3,000 pages between failure is
- > >not official. Knowing the fame of HP and seeing (and using) the StyleWriter,
- >
- ***
- > *** I know
- > the inside of the Stylewriter. It is all plastic. Even the gearwheels.
- > It is designed for short life.
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- > As a techie my experience is that there is prblems with many
- > StyleWriters. I have replaced the printer frame assembly on quite
- > a few because two passes of the head did not align, resulting
- > in striped output. This is the sort of problems that will come
- > when the plastic is worn.
- > pope@imv.aau.dk - povlphp@uts.uni-c.dk
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- Does anyone know whether the SWII is built for better durability than
- the SW? Less plastic? Does it now compare better with the DeskWriter?
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- How does SWII compare with the DW in speed while printing in the background
- with ATM?
-
- Steve
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