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- From: kreme@nyx.cs.du.edu (Not A Random Name)
- Subject: Re: Stylewriter vs DeskWriter???
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 05:53:25 GMT
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- Ravi Konchigeri <mongoose@leland.stanford.edu> writes:
-
- > I have a Deskwriter C connected to an SE/30, and I have to say that the
- >greatest advantage to the HP is Background Printing. Your productivity
- >is increased tremendously through its use. I've printed full page color
- >documents from Photoshop. They take less than a minute to spool to disk.
- > After that the Print Monitor takes care of everything and doesn't take
- >up much CPU time. It's almost as if it were not running.
-
- The Stylewriter prints in the background, no problem. As a matter of fact,
- it has far less problems with backgrounding that the HP500C, which took almost
- three months to deliver a system 7 friendly backgroundable init.
-
- > Another advantage to the HP is the noise, or lack thereof. Except for
- >the sound of the motor, you can't hear a thing. Your computer fan's
- >probably louder than the HP. The quiet is especially noticible if you're
- >upgrading from something like an Imagewriter.
-
- The only noise the stylewriter makes is the engine loading the paper... not
- much really.
-
- > Also, the print quality is great. HP printouts on good paper are almost
- >indistinguishable from laser printouts. Grayscale images are printed
- >easily and are dithered beautifully. Printouts at 'Normal' setting are
- >just about as good as at 'Best.'
-
- Um.. greyscale looks better on the HP, but the regular text looks a lot better
- on the SW than on the HP, IMO.
-
- >Besides all of this, I think the HP's cheaper than the SW anyway.
-
- They're both about $325 aren't they?
-
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