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From: Joel_Murray@mindlink.bc.ca (Joel Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Ink jets - HP DeskJet 500 vs Canon BJ 300
Message-ID: <6324@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 17 Jun 91 03:44:07 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> herbie@sol0.cs.monash.edu.au writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <herbie.677222271@sol0>
> Posted: 18 Jun 91 05:17:51 GMT
> 
> Person: Andrew Herbert
> 
> [...]  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.


I own a DeskJet Plus and have been really pleased with the output.  The
bleeding problem you mention is more due to the paper one uses than with the
printer or its ink.

It took me a little experimentation to find the right type of paper, but as the
manual states, "most cotton bond papers yield excellent results."  I have to
agree.  Any paper that has the word "bond" in its name has a high rag (cotton)
content and thus should yield excellent results.

Since using such paper, I've noticed NO bleeding whatsoever.  In fact, the
combination of the DeskJet and Windows 3.0 with Adobe Type Manager yields
almost laser-like quality--good enough for any professional documents I create
at home for work.  (In fact, many people at work ask me if I have a laser
printer when they see my documents).
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    = Joel Murray / Vancouver, British Columbia  /  Canada, Eh? =
    = Joel_Murray@mindlink.bc.ca               "Kuso ga okiru." =
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