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From: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
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Subject: Re: Deskwriter, Where? $$$ ?  (SUMMARY)
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Date: 20 Dec 90 13:45:15 GMT
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In article <1259@cameron.egr.duke.edu> jdsb@egr.duke.edu (John D. S. Babcock) writes:
>
>     OK, why has no one mentioned Apple's new inkjet comming out in March?
>Look, I don't want to hurt HP by keeping people from buying (I love my
>48SX!!), but some people don't get MacLeak (MacWeek).
>
>So: MacWeek 12.04.90 Vol 4 No. 91 (Excerpted w/o permission)
>
>Apple preparing to spring budget TrueType printers
>
>(Paraphrasing) Apple will introduce two new printers thisspring:
>360 dpi inkjet Est Retail Price $600
>300 dpi Laserwriter Est Retail Price $1300-$1500 (No postscript, just QD)
>Both bundled with 13 TrueType fonts from Sys 7 (Before Sys 7 is out!)
>Intro in early March (Seybold Seminars, Boston)
>Inkjet: Canon BJ-10e Bubble Jet engine, 4 lb, 8 in width, letter, legal,
>	A4, envelopes, transparencies


.


Yes, this rumor is interesting, and would signal a good move for Apple,
at a street price of about $400-$450 this would make a great replacement
for the imagewriter.


BUT, you might want to take a look at the Canon BJ10e on which this unit
will (it seems) be based to compare it to the DeskWriter.  It is a great 
little unit, prefect as the companion for a protable machine, and a good
basic home machine.  But unless performance is souped up significantly,
I would still pay the extra $200 for the DeskWriter.  The DW has much better
paper handling, and seems to be capable of much better throughput.



Josh

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