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- From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
- Subject: Re: Wanting Info on HP 500C Deskjet!
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <1992Nov3.175133.15787@comp.lancs.ac.uk> <c5h1nm@rpi.edu> <1992Nov5.162123.11889@comp.lancs.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 04:53:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.162123.11889@comp.lancs.ac.uk> davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles) writes:
- >In article <c5h1nm@rpi.edu> gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile) writes:
- >
- >>>Well I have used one. It is sloooooooooooooooow. It doesn't give that
- >>
- >>have you ever used a $8000 textronix solid ink printer?
- >>All color printers are slow (at least this year)
- >
- >Nope, but I've used a Calcomp A3 colour printer and it will print an A3 page
- >in about 5 mins compared with the Deskjet 500C's 1 hour.
- >
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- you are exagerating, because I have never printed anything that has taken more than
- 15 minutes.
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- >I also used to look after / modify greyscale photo-plotters which used to print
- >a 10 * 11 " image at 300 dpi in 256 shades of grey in 25 minutes.
- >
- >Davei
-
- yes, I know, but how much did they cost?
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- Mike
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