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From: kpottie@icarus.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Pottie Karl)
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Subject: Re: StyleWriter/DeskWriter - Which to buy?
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Date: 22 May 91 15:50:15 GMT
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>Is 360 dpi look much different from 300?

Because the ink on both printers tends to spread out a bit, it is
very difficult to see any difference.

>Just how much faster is the Deskwriter?

The deskwriter is typically 4 to 5 times faster than a Stylewriter

>How do their useful lifetimes compare?

The Stylewriter has a MTBF of 5000 hours, the Deskwriter has a MFBF of 20000 h

>With the paper tray etc on the StyleWriter how much smaller is it than the
>DeskWriter (which has these things 'built in')?

Stylewriter => 50 pages
Deskwriter => 100 pages