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From: geof@aurora.com (Geoffrey H. Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Summary of responses about low-end Postscript printers
Message-ID: <1991May15.193446.29778@aurora.com>
Date: 15 May 91 19:34:46 GMT
References: <13530@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <2000@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Reply-To: geof@aurora.UUCP (Geoffrey H. Cooper)
Organization: The Aurora Group, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <2000@chinacat.Unicom.COM> woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) writes:
>In article <13530@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, oliver@fire.berkeley.edu writes:

>> So, I'm still not quite sure whether to get the TI or the QMS.  I'm leaning
>> towards the former because it is small and a bit cheaper, but I have been

>I think that I'd ask whether the TI is a black or white writer.  The 410, I
>belive is a black writer.  The diffrence in output is subtle, but important.

The 410 is based on the Canon LBP-LX, which is a write-black machine.
The quality of output on this marking engine is tied for the best I've
ever seen -- with the Canon LBP-SX that is used in the LJ III, QMS
810, LaserWriter NT&NTX...  Individual pixels stand out nicely and a
solid black is very black.

The 410 itself is both more expensive and better than competition
because it has a 32-bit processor (68020);  this allows it to improve
response time (time from hitting the RETURN key to getting output)
over 16-bit processor models.

- Geof
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