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From: jerryd@hplsla.HP.COM (Jerry Daniels)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Style Writer and Desk Writer
Message-ID: <9580001@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 91 20:15:49 GMT
References: <1991Jun23.115508.797@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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I too went looking for a new printer for my Mac SE machine.  I recently
visited an Apple Dealer and tried both the StyleWriter and the DeskWriter
printers. 

I printed out the same Word document using a variety of Fonts.  I believe
that the StyleWriter has higher resolution characters than the DeskWriter.
The StyleWriter took more than twice as long to print.  The mechanics of
the StyleWriter look like they might not last very long.  I don't know
how this mechanism will continue to work.  The DeskWriter looks, feels,
and performs like a quality machine.  Even though the print is not quite
as good I think that it is perfectly acceptable.

After the documents that I printed "cured" for about 1 week and sprayed
them with water.  Both the StyleWriter and the DeskWriter will still run
if water hits them but the Apple product looked worse.

I am going to buy the Deskwriter.

Jerry W. Daniels