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From: rusty@steelmill.cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Deskjet add-on memory: any improvements for graphics speed?
Keywords: deskjet memory graphics speed
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Date: 5 Mar 91 16:09:22 GMT
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In article <1034@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) writes:
   >
   >Here's a question for you DeskJet gurus!  I just got a new Deskjet+ for $300
   >(heh, heh) and now I am wondering whether adding memory cartridges will help
   >in printing graphics or not.  The HP documentation claims that the RAM
   >cartridges are for downloading softfonts; is that all it is good for?

That's it!  I have a 256K memory cartridge but it's not doing me a bit
of good.  I should sell it since the only types of printing I do on it
are basically straight text (Usenet articles usually :-) and graphics
(usually from AmigaTeX or JetRoff).

Now if someone were to sell a cheap little 68020 or '030 box with a
coupla meg of memory that would go on my serial or parallel cable
between my DJ+ and my other computers that will convert PostScript
to DJ graphics and act as a printer buffer I'd probably buy it!

	-Rusty-
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