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From: wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Win 3.0 + Winword + Deskjet 500 = ?
Summary: yes
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Date: 18 Apr 91 17:21:21 GMT
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In <1991Apr17.221917.3135@coral.bucknell.edu> 
Todd Dworshak dworshak@coral.bucknell.edu asks:

>I am comtemplating buying a Deskjet 500 for use with Win 3.0 and Winword 1.1.
>I will probably also get ATM to clean up fonts.
>Has anyone had any experience with this setup, either good or bad?
>Any recommendations???

yes; do it.

>While we're on the subject, does anyone have any recommendations on the
>Deskjet 500 printer (for use at home) ?

it's great.

if you can't afford laser, go with the deskjet.


HP makes great printers.  The mean time between failures and general quality
is fantastic.  It will last you forever.  300 dpi is as good as a laser.

The dj500 comes with scale-able fonts for windows3.  My wife threw
everything else out and went with those.  They're great.  Who needs ATM?
CG-times that comes with the deskjet 500 is better than any of the fonts
her boss and co-workers had been using before.

Of course, her dissertation and papers are not nearly as good looking as my
latex stuff, but she gets to use the mouse, has an integrated thesaurus,
spell-checker, and wysiwig, bla-bla.  Her lab just bought slide-write.
Slide-write makes pretty pictures and can save them as tiff files.  I was
very impressed with wfw's ability to integrate those tiff files.  It's
faster and BETTER than the mac.  Can't touch the NeXT, though...