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From: chee77@elroy.uh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: low cost color printers for the mac ?
Message-ID: <5390.25bd6ba6@elroy.uh.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 90 14:47:34 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
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Has anyone used or seen the tektronics colorQuick ink-jet printer for the mac.

I am planning to buy a color printer in the $1000-2000 price range. From what
I have read the colorQuick gives much more consistent color output than the HP
paintjet, though for quite a bit more money. The main application is to print
the results of simulations or experiments where the color would correspond to,
say, temperature in a 2-d region, so it's important that the printer be able to
accurately display a smooth transition from one color to another. 

This is the main problem with the paintjet. Its colors don't 
correspond exactly to the mac palette, for example, to get a pure yellow, 
your mac color should be something like 75%green, 25%blue, resulting in 
a greenish color on the screen. (If anyone has the new HP paintjet driver 
and this problem is resolved, please let me know.) A color bar which varies
smoothly from red -> green -> blue looks has bands of light and dark on the HP.



Any thoughts on color printing in general would also be welcomed.
Thanks