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From: krisl@hpindwa.HP.COM (Kris Livingston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: I like my new HP Deskwriter.  A lot.
Message-ID: <36400003@hpindwa.HP.COM>
Date: 31 Jul 89 16:48:42 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino CA
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>/ hpindwa:comp.sys.mac / jeff@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu (Jeffrey C. Kantor) / 12:58 pm  Jul 28, 1989 /
>
>I got my HP Deskwriter a couple of days ago, and am *very* pleased with
>it.  I was looking for something to put in my office so I don't have
>to keep running down the hall to the shared laserwriter(s).  A personal
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>And does it!  The image quality is excellent. You have to look fairly
>carefully to see the difference between a page of Laserwriter output and a
>page of Deskwriter output.  The Deskwriter output might be just a bit
>fuzzier around the edges of the characters, but it is hardly noticeable.
>And the blacks are not quite as dense, but again it is hard to notice.

I, too, am extremely pleased with my new DeskWriter, but to be fair, I must
comment on your comments.  If you use ordinary copier paper, you'll get a
bit of a fuzzy edge on your characters.  But, if you use special "Laser" 
paper (long grain bond paper with the word "laser" in its name somewhere,
available at any office supply store), you'll get much better results--
virtually no "bleeding."  Secondly, you say that the blacks are "not quite
as dense."  Actually, the blacks are *very* dense--they just aren't as black
as a LaserWriter.  There is a difference.  When you print a huge black area 
on a LaserWriter, if it isn't a fresh toner cartridge it will be a bit washed
out in the middle.  On the DeskWriter, you will use A LOT of ink, but the 
black area will be equally dense throughout.  The DeskWriter output is 
plenty black for any application, but when you look at it next to a comparable
LaserWriter document, it appears slightly faded (like a dark gray).  That's
really what you meant, isn't it? 

--Krisl

DISCLAIMER:  I am not being paid to say this.  I really DO like my DeskWriter!
(My opinions are mine, and mine alone.)