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From: tbandit@athena.mit.edu (Carlos E Reategui)
Subject: Re: StyleWriter printer
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 91 02:00:02 GMT
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On with the StyleWriter business.. I just bought one and I can say I'm
impressed with Apple Inc for this one.  It is a very nice solution especially
for students.  The output is great (a little better than on a DeskWriter, HP's
inkjet) but the big thing that people complain about it is speed.  It is
pretty slow (not if you compare it with an IW II though).  It prints about
half a page per minute in high quality (360x360).  Mac Drivers currently
don't suport background printing which can be a pain on slower Macs because
all the processing is done on the computer.  Printer does nothing, it doesn't
even havesimple text printing if you send it ascii like most (all) dot matrix
which is probably why it won't work on Apple II's without a driver.


See you guys later
Carlos
tbandit@athena.mit.edu