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From: vincelee@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Vincent H. Lee)
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Subject: Re: Deskjet Inkmun Full Color Kit?
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Date: 15 Apr 91 06:47:50 GMT
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In article <21698@shlump.nac.dec.com> robinson@star.enet.dec.com writes:
>
>In the May '91 issue of Amiga World "GO AMIGA" advertises:
>
>  "Deskjet Full Color
>
>   Print full color on your HP Deskjet printer!
>   Inkmun Full Color Kit.......$34.95"
>
>Does anyone know about this? How does it work and what
>software would I need to take advantage of it?
>I'm considering a used Paintjet for around $600 and wonder
>how this new (?) development affects that consideration.
>
>thanks,
>
>Dave Robinson
>robinson@star.enet.dec.com

I've seen the output from Inkmun inks.  The kit is pretty neat, but it is
NO SUBSTITUTE for a paintjet.  If you look at the sample output they give,
all their text uses a primary ink color--no color mixing is done.  If you
look at some of the printed pictures, you can see why:  The registration
is horrible.  Anyone with a deskjet knows how poor the paper mechanism is.
There's no way it can be repeatable enough to do general-purpose color
printing.

BTW, the inkmun inks work horribly as replacement ink for a paintjet.  It's
viscosity seems to be wrong or something, as it prints erratically.

-Vince