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From: neil@odin.ucsd.edu (Neil Rhodes)
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Subject: Re: New HP Inkjet Mac Color Printer?
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Date: 7 Apr 90 08:01:06 GMT
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>Actually, HP showed this printer (which lists for $2995) at last night's
>general BMUG meeting.  It seemed pretty neat, requires a 32-bit QuickDraw
>driver (which they ship with it), is kinda expensive to run ($.70-$1.40
>per page), and has nice color output for the machine's price (i.e., 
>compares favorably with offerings from Tektronix et al.)  It won't support
>any PostScript cartridges, though it's been tested extensively with
>Freedom of Press for PostScript output.  They'll have them featured
>prominently at next week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
>
The new printer is the PaintWriter XL.  It is extremely similar
to the PaintJet XL, but is an AppleTalk printer, and is better integrated with
the Macintosh environment (paper out status, etc.).

The QuickDraw driver will take advantage of 32-Bit QuickDraw if available
(producing 16.7 million colors via dithering).  If 32-bit QuickDraw is not
available, it will still print up to 256 colors per page.

The printer comes with Compugraphic outline fonts (versions of Times, Symbol,
Helvetica and Courier).  It also supports ATM fonts.

The printer supports transparencies from an auto-sheet feeder, and can print
up to B-size paper.

The driver does background printing via a mechanism very similar to that
used by Apple for the LaserWriter.


If you need  more info, feel free to ask.

NB: I am totally biased, because I wrote much of the software.
Neil Rhodes    Palomar Software, Inc.  neil@odin.ucsd.edu