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From: todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: IBM PagePrinter II???
Keywords: IBM postscript printer
Message-ID: <4836@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 13 Sep 89 06:05:26 GMT
Organization: University of Hawaii
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Has anyone in netland used the IBM PagePrinter II much?  I just tested the
Model 30 (am waiting to test the newer Model 31) last week and would like
to check on a few things...

1. A number of full text pages (text in all rows and columns for a given
typeface) had chopped letters on the edges.  I never saw anything like that
happen on the Apple LaserWriters (NT and NTX) I used to use.

2. Black areas (e.g., blackened bars) were not a solid black.  The areas
were very splotchy looking.  I acknowledge that this might be due to a bad
toner or inappropriate paper (don't recall what kind of paper we used for
the test).

I'm tempted to buy the printer just to get a Postscript printer with a
parallel port.  However, the problems mentioned above make me very hesitant
to purchase the PPII...
-- 
Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii
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