Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!bruce!sol0!herbie From: herbie@sol0.cs.monash.edu.au (Andrew Herbert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Ink jets - HP DeskJet 500 vs Canon BJ 300 Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 05:17:51 GMT References: <14362@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Sender: news@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU Distribution: comp Lines: 33 In a previous article, I wrote: ... The BJ is slightly faster for text, but may be slower than the DJ for graphics (since the DJ supports graphics compression). Paper feed is faster, and the 360 dpi resolution results in slightly better print. ... rob@cad4.lbl.gov (Barracuda) replied: >I've been looking at the same two printers, and I think I've pretty much >decided to go with the HP. Better print you say? Have you SEEN the >Cannons print? When I saw the print from one, I wasn't really impressed -- it >looked no better than an ordinary 24-pin dot matrix printer, with barely >visible white lines between each row -- yech! The print from the DeskJet 500, >on the other hand, looked pretty good. I still haven't seen graphics from the >Bubblejet, so I can't say how that looks. Yes, I have seen both printers perform, and on the same type of paper, with both text and graphics. The BJ 330 I saw printed near perfect graphics, while the BJ 10e I was comparing it with did have a thin line between each pass of the print head. I think this really depends on the particular printer, and have no idea which of the above is typical (hopefully the better example :). Neither of the two HP deskjets I have seen were quite as good as the three Canons I have seen (one BJ 330, one BJ 10e and one Apple StyleWriter [a 10e engine]). The HP tends to make its ink run along the paper fibres a little, whereas the Canons don't. I attribute this to the HP using more ink per squirt. It's a pity that how these printers perform seems to be so variable. I'm also sort-of considering a LaserJet IIIP now, but that's another story. Andrew Herbert