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From: rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: A DESKJET SUMMARY.
Summary: Some corrections.
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.170809.4972@digi.lonestar.org>
Date: 8 Mar 91 17:08:09 GMT
References: <1991Mar07.080136.28020@ecst.csuchico.edu> <{`D&_`-@warwick.ac.uk>
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In article <{`D&_`-@warwick.ac.uk> csuac@warwick.ac.uk (The Juggler) writes:
>A while ago I posted an article enquiring about the HP Deskjet printer. Thanks
>to everyone who replied and for those who are interested, this is a summary of
>the range of deskjet printers offered by HP.
>
>The original deskjet is still available in the UK for as low as 270+VAT.
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>seem to be mainly speed especially with graphics which I am told take an
>eternity. Also it doesn't do italics which like the canon BJ10E seems a bit
 
 The original DeskJet does italics (and is accessible by printer
 switches as well as by software).  I know, since I used to own one
 before upgrading to a DJ500.

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>The deskjet+ was then introduced which
>solved these problems. Graphics are significantly faster and the printer seems
>like a really good deal.
 
  As far as I know (not first hand) there was no significant improvement
  in graphics speed for the DJ+ (at least there was none announced by HP).
  The improvements were "landscape" and additional fonts.

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>Comparitively recently the
>latest addition to the range was introduced called the deskjet 500. As far as
>I can tell,(in the UK at any rate) it is replacing the DJ+. The lowest price I
>have found in the UK is 370+VAT. The printer has only slight improvements over
>the old model. It has a better waterproof ink cartridge which means less
>smudging and allows printing on overhead transparencies.These new
>cartridges will work on all 3 Cmodels however. The DJ 500 has an inbuilt times
>and times italic font which the DJ+ didn't have. There are no alterations
>to the case though to select this font. It is marginally faster on
>graphics, about 6% I am told. But that is it, as far as I'm aware no other
>changes.

 Incorrect.  The DJ 500 had the graphics speed improved approximately 5x
 over previous models, as announced by HP (depending on the driver
 used). This has been verified (clocked by watch) by a friend of mine
 using Calamus output.  As you mentioned, the new ink cartidges work on
 all three models. However, IMHO, the new ink is _not_ as "black" as the
 original ink.  I have also noticed a (barely perceptible) degradation
 of the crispness of the printout. I am unable to ascertain if this is 
 because of the new graphics handling or because of the characteristics
 of the new ink (I have not obtained an old ink cartridge to test this.)

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 Roy C. Gosewehr