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- Subject: Re: LaserWriter PRO questions
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- Date: 12 Jan 93 02:52:29 GMT
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- References: <1993Jan11.215643.16432@cs.cornell.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan11.215643.16432@cs.cornell.edu> hal@cs.cornell.edu (Hal Perkins) writes:
- >I've looked at the Apple flyers describing the new LaserWriters and
- >I've got a couple of questions:
- >
- >1) The PRO 600 requires a "Photograde Upgrade Kit" to enable
- >Photograde and Fineprint. Is this just an additional 4MB of memory
- >or is there more to it?
- >
-
- With 8MB of RAM, the 600 can do 600dpi OR 300dpi/fineprint/photograde.
- Having done that the 630 has Ethernet and SCSI ports over the 600.
-
- >2) The descriptions of both printers seem to imply that they have two
- >modes: 600 dpi for text only with no photograde/fineprint or 300 dpi
- >with photograde and fineprint (provided you have enough memory on the
- >600). New versions of the LaserWriter drivers are included and they
- >have radio buttons to select between the two. Is that correct? If
- >so, how do photos look at 600dpi compared to 300dpi+photograde
- >(assuming you're printing mostly text)? How does 600dpi without
- >fineprint compare to 300dpi+fineprint?
- >
-
- I played with some GIFs today with GIFconverter and Photoshop. I
- found the best results to be with the application's resultion
- ( in GIFConverter) set at 288, and printing with
- 300/fineprint/photograde.
-
- >3) How do the LaserWriter PROs compare to the newly announced 600dpi
- >HP 4M (correct model number?) printers? Assuming they were priced
- >similarly, which would you buy and why?
-
- The UC Irvine store has the 630 for 2399, the 4M for 1949 (if memory
- serves). I haven't seen the HP, but it has 600dpi/RET, where the
- 630 can "only" do 600dpi. Don't know about 300/fineprint. In any case,
- I haven't had the chance to play with a 4M.
-
-
- >
- >Postings or private mail welcomed. Thanks for any enlightenment you
- >can provide.
-
- No problem.
-
- >
- >Hal Perkins hal@cs.cornell.edu
- >Cornell CS
-
- --Andrew Laurence
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