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From: jsp@key.COM (James Preston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Stylewriter / Deskwriter
Message-ID: <2558@key.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 91 21:07:03 GMT
References: <1991Apr11.173045.3661@tkna.uucp> <66@goblin.ntg.uucp> <12194@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <74@goblin.ntg.uucp>
Reply-To: jsp@penguin.key.COM (James Preston)
Organization: Key Computer Laboratories, Fremont
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In article <74@goblin.ntg.uucp> dplatt@ntg.UUCP (Dave Platt) writes:
}Well, my impression is that the DeskJet/DeskWriter mechanism is designed
}for a somewhat longer useful lifetime than the StyleWriter.  The DeskFoo
}isn't designed to be portable (even though it's quite light in weight),
}and so its physical design includes some features that I think are quite
}useful in a personal printer.  
}
}For example: its paper feed bin, platen, ink station, and paper stacker
}are all somewhat enclosed... dust cannot easily settle onto the paper
}from above.  In our household, that's significant >grin<.

It wouldn't even matter if dust did settle on the paper from above since
it is the underside of the paper (as seen when it's in the paper tray)
that is printed on.

--James Preston