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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: DeskWriter
Summary: Beautiful, quiet, and FAST
Keywords: DeskWriter HP
Message-ID: <1157@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 6 Dec 89 02:41:37 GMT
Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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Greetings,

  I just wanted to add another data point to the HP DeskWriter success story.
I picked mine up yesterday, and (since I finally got some money), set about
paying the Shareware fees for all the software I keep using.  I cranked out
a letter to each of the authors, and printed them on the DeskWriter.  Gorgeous!
I also printed the envelopes on the machine, and its envelope feed is quite
impressive.  I wouldn't want to use it to print 1000 envelopes, but for the
10 that I did, it was quite painless.

  I've read articles from people complaining that it took 20 minutes/page, etc.
I don't know what the problem they're having is, but the longest page I had
was about 4 minutes, and that was solid graphics.  Typical MS Word pages ran
about 2 minutes.  This, mind you, is on a Mac Plus!!!!  I can hardly wait
for the IIx!

  My only complaint:  No Spooler.  I hope that people don't say, "Well all
printers will work in the background under 7.0" and let it go at that.  I'd
like to see SuperMac (whose excellent SuperSpool software I've been using for
over a year) update SuperLaserSpool to print to the DeskWriter...

--Mike