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From: ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: summary on HP Deskjet Plus printer experiences (finally)
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Date: 24 Aug 90 17:32:39 GMT
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Somebody (attribution lost) wrote about what paper to use with a
DeskJet+:
>I use Boise Cascade XP 20-pound xerographic paper... the same stuff we
>buy by the caseload for use with our copiers and our Apple LaserWriter.
>It works very well, and is economical... I paid $45 or so for a case of
>2000 sheets.  Any good-quality smooth-surfaced copier paper should work
>well.  Cheap copier/typewriter paper works _badly_... the fibers in
>cheap paper soak up the ink and spread it, and the output looks as if it
>came from a 9-pin printer with a worn ribbon.

Just in passing, I want to mention that you *must* use 20-weight paper
in any sheet-feed mechanism.  16-weight, which was the standard until
just a few years ago, tends to jam sheet feeders.  I suppose that's
why fewer and fewer stationers even bother to stock 16-weight anymore.

But here's why I posted.  The BC paper mentioned might well be good
with a 300-dpi printer such as the DeskJet.  But what about a 180-dpi
printer like the Diconix?  I bought one of those remaindered Diconix
printers that came with the old kind of print cartridge.  The printer
came with a small quantity of "inkjet printer paper" that gives only
fair quality output with the old cartridge, but good (not great, but
good enough for business letters) with a newer "plain paper"
cartridge.  This paper is a little rougher than xerographic, and I
suspect it's got a thin clay coating.  Suggestions?
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