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- From: al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Whether to buy a Canon BubbleJet or a HP DeskJet500
- Date: 5 Sep 1992 05:17:09 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein)
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- In a previous article, al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein) says:
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- >
- >In a previous article, s1180252@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (N Ashford CHUGGLES)) says:
- >
- >>Hi,
- >> I am currently undecided as to whether I should buy a Canon series Bubble
- >>Jet printer or a HP DeskJet 500 printer. I would like to know about the
- >>following items:
- >> 1) How satisfied you are with your bubblejet/deskjet
- >> printer?
- >
- >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.)
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-
- OOPS! THAT SHOULD BE 360 X 360 DPI FOR THE CANON BJ AND 300 X 300 DPI FOR
- THE HP DESKJET
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- >
- >> 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.
- >
- >
- >> 3) The speed (graphics and text) of each of the Canons
- >> (BJ10ex, BJ300/330).
- >
- >I cannot answer about these, but if I had the money I would buy the 800
- >instead of a color deskjet, because I am that pleased with the results of
- >the 130.
- >
- >> 4) The speed (graphics and text) of the HP DeskJet 500
- >> (not colour).
- >> 5) The quality of output from each of these printers.
- >> 6) Any comparisons you have seen or done between each of
- >> these printers.
- >>
- >>Well that just about sums up my needs, could you please EMail your replies.
- >>
- >>Noel Ashford
- >>s1180252@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au
- >>s1180252@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au
- >>"Amiga born a champion" Quote from KS1.2
- >>"Now slowly dying" Popular opinion.
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >
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