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- From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
- Subject: Re: HELP!: HP DeskWriter vs. StyleWriter II
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.231715.22796@speedy.aero.org>
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- Organization: The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo, CA
- References: <1993Jan28.182205.7341@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:17:15 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.182205.7341@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (PRIMUS SUCKS!) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan28.164554.20883@speedy.aero.org> jrg@punch (James R.
- Goble) writes:
- > >In article <1993Jan27.212916.14725@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- > >hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (PRIMUS SUCKS!) writes:
- > >> In article:
- > >> The subject header says it all. I am considering the purchase of a
- new
- > >Inkjet
- > >> printer I was wondering if anyone has any reasons why I should buy
- the
- > >> StyleWriter II over the DeskWriter. I will be using the printer on my
- > >SE/30
- > >> running System 7.01 and basically I will be doing fairly heavy
- printing
- > >> using EXCEL and a little wordprocessor printing. From what I saw the
- > >print
- > >> quality between the two was nearly the same. The HP seemed to be
- built a
- > >> little better and it also seems a bit faster. The biggest advantage
- of
- > >teh
- > >> StyleWriter II is the 15 sheet auto envelope feeder. Is there
- anything I
- > >am
- > >> missing? Any comments will be appreciated, thank you!
- > >> Hasit
- > >> BTW- I would appreciate it if someone could tell me approx how many
- > >pages I
- > >> will be able to print from one ink cartrigde on each printer.
- > >>
- > >
- > >Well, the Stylewriter II supports grayscale printing (100 shades) and
- will
- > >print in the background. That may be important to you.
- >
- > Maybe I am mistaken but I believe the HP DeskWriter also supports
- grayscale
- > printing and it also prints in the background. Is the StyleWriter II's
- > grayscale much better? Or is its background printing more efficient?
-
- The review in this months MacUser says that the HP doesn't print
- grayscale. This was a MacUser review so I'd take it with a grain of salt.
-