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From: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac Printers
Keywords: GCC, Apple, HP, others
Message-ID: <2615@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 4 Dec 89 18:30:22 GMT
References: <2574@cbnewse.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick,mt,)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <2574@cbnewse.ATT.COM> macduff@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Roger R. Espinosa) writes:
> "Cheap" is relative here.  If I were buying a printer for my Mac, and I
> had no printer, I would go for the DeskWriter, for the sheer reason that 
> the ImageWriter is at lesat $500, adn the DeskWriter $800: yes, it's $300
> (or more) more expensive, but we're talking about 144 dpi vs 300 dpi, faster
> speed, etc.  I don't think that the IW II is worth its price (comparative
> Epsons, etc. are selling at less than $200, with LQ printers starting around
> $250.)

Or spend about $550 for an HP DeskJet and the MacPrint driver and get
about all the functionality of the DeskWriter, but with a slower printer.
That's what we did and we're VERY happy with our printer.

Also the DeskJet and MacPrint combination work very well with ATM,
which gives you access to the very high-quality Adobe Postcript fonts
at a bargain basement price.

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Michael Connick    mec@mtfmi.ATT.COM    201-957-3057
AT&T Bell Labs     MT 3F-113	        (Dept. 79153)