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From: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Cheap 300dpi printer for Mac by mailorder???
Message-ID: <1990Sep27.181759.23288@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 90 18:17:59 GMT
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In article <17540001@hpsmpa.HP.COM> dapron@hpsmpa.HP.COM (Mike Dapron) writes:
>I keep seeing mailorder houses offering bundles with the DeskWriter and
>ATM.  I haven't bought ATM yet because I'm waiting to see what
>System 7.0 has to offer (...and waiting...and waiting...).

You may want to go ahead and just buy it. They've just come out with version
2.0, which renders fonts two times faster than the original. I've been using
this product with my DeskWriter (2278A) and have had no problems at all. In 
addition, you should expect no conflicts with 7.0 (when it eventually sees the
light of day) since they've already said that it will be compatible.

>The key problem I see with the DeskWriter is its water-soluble ink; not
>good for someone with drooling dogs (like me).

Well, I don't know if you've been watching the internal product announcements,
but the DJ 500 was supposed to be introduced at the same time as an improved
ink for the Desk* series. I can't say that if it will survive a drooling dog,
but the measure that they used was the highlighting of text. 

Regards,

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