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- From: eaiu243@orion.oac.uci.edu ()
- Subject: Re: HELP!: HP DeskWriter vs. StyleWriter II
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- Date: 29 Jan 93 02:47:19 GMT
- References: <1993Jan28.182205.7341@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1993Jan28.231715.22796@speedy.aero.org>
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- I read the evaluations of the StyleWriter II in MacWorld, and was amazed
- at their conclusions, particularly that it outstripped the DeskWriter
- in grayscales (text is a no-brainer).
-
- Today I did a test. I printed the sample graphic from Superpaint 3.0
- (the one of a yellow pencil, bent and with a Salvador Dali-esque look
- to it). The StyleWriter II had by FAR the best image, with actual
- greyscales. Following was the DeskWriter 550C (printing in greyscale,
- scatter setting) and the DeskWriter (with 3.1 drivers). Speed was
- as follows:
- Best: HP DeskWriter 550C 4.75 minutes
- StyleWriter II 5 minutes
- HP DeskWriter *8* minutes.
-
- Clearly, the StyleWriter II wins. (I was sad, I've long been a
- proponent of the HP.)
-
- --Shawn Barge
-
-