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From: calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: DeskJet or Laser Printer
Message-ID: <12070007@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>
Date: 17 May 91 14:07:41 GMT
References: <1991May14.215216.18867@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
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I owned an HP DeskJet and now own an HP LaserJet IIP.  The DeskJet was
a very nice printer for the money, but I like the laser printer better
because it uses "dry" instead of "wet" technology.  The DeskJet deposits
wet ink on the paper, which causes no problems when printing letters and
such.  If, however, you are printing graphics that contain large amounts
of black, so much wet ink is deposited that the paper wrinkles quite a
bit.

Considering the reasonable cost of the DeskJet and the high quality of
its output, I considered this a reasonable trade-off.  But if printing
high-quality graphics is important to you, you may want to keep the
wrinkling in mind when choosing a printer.

Frank Calloway