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From: sammy@cbnewsd.att.com (Sammy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: HP deskjet+
Message-ID: <1990Aug24.021217.6985@cbnewsd.att.com>
Date: 24 Aug 90 02:12:17 GMT
References: <1990Aug20.173504.23028@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
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In article <1990Aug20.173504.23028@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, jcd@ecersg.ncsu.edu (Joseph C. Davis) writes:
> 
>    I am thinking about buying an HP Deskjet+ inkjet printer for my IBM PC.
> However, i would like to hear the networks opinions on this particular printer,
> before i take the plunge. I will be using it for graphics and cad as well as
> word processing.  I know that a laserprinter would be best, but i just can't 
> afford it.
> 

I have an HP Deskjet, which I am very happy with - and the Deskjet+ is, of
course even better.  The main problem is a fairly serious one, and one that
I had never seen mention of until after I bought my printer.  The ink that
is used is water soluble!  This means that if it gets wet, it runs and 
smears.  I don't feel safe therefore using it for addressing envelopes and
address labels, and if you want a permanent copy of anything, you almost
have to photocopy it.  But the output is terrific, and for the difference
in price, I'm glad I got it.  Hopefully HP will do something about the ink
problem.  (Does anyone know if they have or if they are working on it?)

-- 
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The enemy of women...is not men, just as the enemy of blacks is not whites.
The enemy is "the tyranny of the dull mind." Carol S. Pearson, _The Hero Within_ 
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