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From: stevej@studsys.mu.edu (jovanovic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: HP DeskWriter
Keywords: DeskWriter, DeskJet, HP
Message-ID: <575@studsys.mu.edu>
Date: 2 Aug 89 20:58:15 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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I would like to buy a DeskWriter for my Mac II, and I'm hoping not to spend
too much more than $700.  Unfortunately, I haven't seen any decent deals yet.
Someone posted that they bought one for $729, I think.  Through an educational
discount program??  I'm a student at MU, but MU doesn't have any program going
with HP to provide student discounts.  Please HELP!!!

Also, I've read in MacUser that a company called Free Press, I think, is 
supposed to release a software-only Postscript interpreter for the Mac II
sometime this month.  The interpreter converts to QuickDraw for imaging,
which means the you can use the DeskWriter as a Postscript laser printer, 
in effect, although imaging might take a while...but I don't mind waiting
a few extra minutes to save a few "extra" thousand dollars!  Has anyone else
heard anything about this?

Finally, is there any way to buy ink and somehow refill the ink cartridges? 
I've been told that you can squeeze 200 full pages of text out of one 
cartridge, but at $20 each that can get expensive.  

Thanks for your help,

Steve Jovanovic

PS How do digitized photos (300dpi) look on a DeskWriter vs. LaserWriter?

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