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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: <1992Sep5.142709.12469@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <s1180252.714810580@giaeb> <184a3gINNmvd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Sep3.142344.1697@sophia.smith.edu> <1992Sep3.174333.12688@hubcap.clemson.edu> <65304@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 14:27:09 GMT
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- joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan) writes:
- [stuff deleted]
-
- >well. I know that the Epson dot matrixes that claim 360 can place a huge
- >180dpi dot at a 360dpi spacing. Not true 300dpi. I don't know about Canon.
-
- I'm not sure of the exact size of the dot printed by the BJ, but it looks to
- be a lot less than 180dpi. 24-pin Epson output is nothing compared to the
- BJ ... (one of the reasons I *bought* my BJ :) )
-
- >>
- >>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.
- >There are also some highly tuned commercial drivers for the DJ and DJC.
- >Real nice.
-
- There's no extra expense (at least if you have FTP access) to get Wolf Faust's
- BJ drivers. I seem to recall hearing something about him having a
- shareware PostScript intrepreter for the BJ series, though. (Somebody please
- correct me on this if I'm wrong...)
-
- >-Joel
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