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- From: fencl@cis.ohio-state.edu (Al Fencl)
- Newsgroups: cis.general,osu.general,cis.tex,osu.tex,comp.text.tex,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: laser vs ink-jet questions
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 20:54:15 -0500
- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
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- Hi,
-
- Note and Excuse: I am posting this to multiple news groups
- since I have some questions that may or may not be specific to
- different groups. Please excuse the cross-posting. Also, please
- respond to me via email since I don't regularly read all the groups.
-
-
- I am considering purchasing a new printer for my DOS system.
- I currently am using a dot-matrix printer and definitely want
- something better. My question is basically which is "better": a laser
- printer (i.e., laser-jet) or Ink-jet printer. When I say "better", I
- am looking for information on:
-
- * Quality of output -- I know laser printers are GREAT, but
- how does the quality of a good Ink-jet printer compare.
- Would I regret it if I went with an ink-jet?
-
- * Cost (both initial and maintenance) -- From what I have seen,
- ink-jet printers are SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than laser
- printers. I also understand that the toner cartridges for
- laser printers are fairly expensive. Is this true? How
- often do the toner cartridges need to be replaced? How
- often do ink-jet printers need ink? How expensive is that?
-
- * Compatibility -- Most of the software I have seen lately
- supports several types of laser printers (specifically, the
- HP laser-jet series and postscript). How common is support
- for ink-jet printers?
-
- * Compatibility revisited -- I do alot of work in LaTeX and
- would need to find a dvi2?? program to print my dvi files on
- the ink-jet printer. Does anybody have any experience with
- such a program? A possibly related question might be
- whether any ink-jet printers support postscript (with some
- sort of upgrade possibly).
-
- Those are pretty much the questions I have right now. If anybody has
- any suggestions or preferences, I would love to hear them. Please
- respond via email since I don't subscribe to all the newsgroups I am
- posting this to.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
- Al
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