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- From: jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (John Fieber)
- Subject: Re: Whether to buy a Canon BubbleJet or a HP DeskJet500
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.142344.1697@sophia.smith.edu>
- Sender: root@sophia.smith.edu (Operator)
- Organization: Smith College
- References: <s1180252.714810580@giaeb> <184a3gINNmvd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 14:23:44 GMT
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- In article <184a3gINNmvd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein) writes:
- >I have a BubbleJet 130 it has a wide carriage and 136x136 dpi. Wolf
- >Faust's drivers let me take advantage of these features which the C
- >recommended driver (CBM_MPS 1000) did not. (I think the Deskjet is only
- >130 dpi.)
-
- BZZZAAAAP! Wrong answer. The Deskjet 500 (and 500 C) are 300dpi.
-
- >> 2) What aspects of you bubblejet/deskjet you are
- >> dissatified about?
- >
- >Starting a new cartridge can be a real pain, you seem to have to shake them
- >a lot and after getting it to work fine for a while, all of the sudden the
- >ink doesn't come out properly again. After this second session of cleaning
- >and shaking, it goes along pretty well until it is REALLY empty.
-
- With the deskjet, you just stick the cartrige in and hit the
- "prime" button which takes care of all the "shaking" automatically.
-
- >> 4) The speed (graphics and text) of the HP DeskJet 500
-
- I'll have to check the manual on this but I know for a fact that
- with graphics, it is the computer, not the printer that is
- holding things up (usually). (I have an plain 68000)
-
-
- >> 5) The quality of output from each of these printers.
-
- The DeskJet is great at 300dpi but it is pretty picky about
- paper. You have to find some with a good smooth surface or else
- you will end up with furry letters as the fibers wick the ink
- away from where it was intended.
-
- -john
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