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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan J Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: new apple printer?? myth or reality???
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Date: 20 Dec 90 16:12:04 GMT
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straka@cbnewsc.att.com (richard.j.straka) writes:

>In article <665@ge1ccj.Quotron.com>, jeff@ge1ccj.Quotron.com (jeff marder) writes:
>> 
>> I was told at a retail outlet that MACWEEK reported that Apple is coming
>> out with a new printer, list $600, that has better resolution than a
>> HP deskwriter.  Any comments or release dates???

>Yes, I know: 360DPI is a good number (5x the basic 72dpi resolution) in that
>it will print out 72dpi with 5x5 dots per pixel (I guess that's good), BUT,
>what about all of those 300DPI bitmaps out there?

  What 300 dpi bitmaps?  Most graphics targeted for laser printers are sourced
either from EPS, or non-bitmap type PICTs...  

  Anyway, the 360 dpi is constrained a bit by the Canon bubble-jet engine - 
they don't make it in 300 dpi versions.

[BTW, for the original poster, MacWeek reckons March 1991]

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