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From: stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HP DeskWriter question
Message-ID: <19640023@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 90 17:49:20 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>It is not fast, but fast enough - 1 ppm claimed in "best" mode, 2
>ppm in "faster" mode.

Average throughput from real world testing from the time OK is hit to
the time the page falls into the output tray.

Mac II:  1.6 ppm (pages per minute) in "best" mode
Mac SE:  1.0 ppm in "best" mode

This was the result of 40 pages of documents from Word, MacDraw II, PageMaker,
etc.. Some of the documents were single page and some multipage documents
covering a range of document complexities.  As a comparison, the ImageWriter
achieved only about 0.4 ppm while the LaserWriter IINT got 2.3 ppm.

>The duty cycle of the printer is a claimed 60 000 pages, with 25 pages
>per day max on the average and an absolute maximum of 50 pages in any
>one day.

There is no absolute maximum daily usage for DeskWriter.  It's not like the
printer is going to self-desctuct if you print more than XXX pages in a
certain period of time.

>Things are in transition. HP has just announced a $200 price cut, and
>I think this is for a new model which does not have the AppleTalk
>interface - i.e. the cheaper model runs off the modem or printer port
>and is usable for a single machine only.

The price reduction is for the DeskWriter WITH AppleTalk, there aren't two
versions of the DeskWriter being sold.  The DeskWriter now lists for 
$995, and at MacWorld I saw outlets selling them for under $640.

Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard