Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!reed!glacier!busker!f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG!johnston From: johnston@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (johnston) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted Subject: Re: Deskwriter, Where? $$$ ? (SUMMARY) Message-ID: <688.2783DF51@busker.fidonet.org> Date: 27 Dec 90 11:02:48 GMT Sender: ufgate@busker.fidonet.org (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH Lines: 38 Reply-To: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu In article , gillies@cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes... > >One of the messages indicated $13.95 + $15 for every 500 pages >printed, this is a per-page cost of approximately 6 cents. Another >message indicated $5.35 + $15, for a per-page cost of about 4 cents. >How does this compare with a low-end laser printer (such as GCC or HP >PLP II)? Where is the breakpoint, when you could have saved money >buying a laser printer instead of a deskwriter? I posted the Deskwriter summary which included the paper recommendations cited above. Nevertheless, I have been satisfied with the results I've obtained with ordinary photocopier paper (same as the kind we use in our laser printers). The better grades of paper may help for dense graphics documents which tend to come out wet -- but I see no reason for using expensive paper for ordinary work. I have also been satisfied with the HP outline fonts, despite the fact that most of the messages I received touted ATM. For a *very* limited time (until January 1) HP is offering the entire LaserWriter NTX equivalent fonts free with the Deskwriter. I would certainly be inclined to give these a try before committing alot of $$ to ATM. 'MacDraw' type object-oriented graphics were also satisfactory, IMHO. Bottom line: walk, don't run when it comes to investing in extras like special paper, ATM, or Freedom of the Press (postscript emulator). -- Bill (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu) + Organization: Univ. of Delaware, CCM -- johnston - via FidoNet node 1:105/14 UUCP: ...!{uunet!glacier, ..reed.bitnet}!busker!226!20!johnston INTERNET: johnston@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG