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From: gatesl@netcom.UUCP (Lee Gates)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: HP Deskjets $350.  Is it worth it? (need advice)
Keywords: Deskjet, $350, Menlo Park, to buy or not?
Message-ID: <1698@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 89 07:11:36 GMT
Reply-To: gatesl@netcom.UUCP (Lee Gates)
Organization: NetCom Services - Public Access Unix System (408) 997-9175 guest
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	Hi, well I have found a place in Menlo Park, (CA) that says they
will have HP Deskjets for $350!  I was quite impressed.  But I have a few
questions for people who have had to deal with them, either as owners, or
slaves to (use at work).  I am interested in the exact differences between
the deskjet, and the plus.  I called up HP and they said that the plus was
much better, although I could only distinguish that the plus was

	1.  5x, and 2x, faster in graphics, and text modes respectively.
		(this is achieved by the sped up linefeeds and all other
		 non-printing actions, she said).

	2.  Has 3 built in fonts:
		courier
		courier italics
		courier landscape
			(and 10 total when you count each diff pitch as
			 a font).

	3.  Supports landscape while the + doesn't.

	4.  Has 256k buffer opposed to 128k on the old deskjet.
		(I am not too sure about this one, HELP).

	5.  Uses the same old cartriges, and could expect 500-900
	    pages per cartrige, depending on draft, NLQ, graphics....
	    Hence, costs about the same for equivalent # of printed
	    pages to be printed on a laser, disregarding orig. cost
	    of machine.


	Well, I guess what I want to know is if anyone has had any problems
with jamming, etc.  And if the only real diff is speed and landscape.  I
will be returning to college in the fall, and won't be needing much graphics.
If I do, I can always do it at the library, so I only need LQ printing in
text situations, and quiet has to be nice, doesn't it?

	Thank you for your support, and if I get a lot of replies,
	I will summarize and post, or you could just post to the 
	net since I haven't seen this topic in the last 6 months
	I have been keeping up, although I may have missed it.

lee
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