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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
- Subject: Re: Whether to buy a Canon BubbleJet or a HP DeskJet500
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.174333.12688@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <s1180252.714810580@giaeb> <184a3gINNmvd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Sep3.142344.1697@sophia.smith.edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:43:33 GMT
- Lines: 57
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- jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (John Fieber) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- And my Canon BJ-5 is 360dpi. BJ10e and BJ10ex are also 360dpi. As are
- most other BubbleJets, I think.
-
- Wolf Faust's drivers really do take advantage of the BJ series' power. Also
- very nice is the ability to select any Amiga font (bitmap or Compugraphic)
- and have it downloaded to the printer automatically.
-
- >>> 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.
-
- With my BubbleJet, all I have to do is put the cartridge in and hit the
- Fwd Adjust and Rev Adjust simultaneously, which makes the printer clean the
- cartridge. I clean the cartridge twice, and it's ready to go and will keep
- going until it runs out of ink...
-
- >>> 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)
-
- As with the BJ series, of course.
-
- >>> 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.
-
- I use copier paper and get great results with my BJ. Just don't get your
- printouts wet (BJ ink seems to be water-soluble...). :)
-
- >===jfieber@sophia.smith.edu==================================================
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