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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HP PaintJet!!!!! was Re: advice on 24-wire *color* dot matrix printers
Message-ID: <1114@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 12:06:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  4 12:06:24 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Aug-87 07:31:19 EDT
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Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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I have canon 1080A, that I got for $200.00, from a liquidator. Excellent
value for the money, Sure the Xerox is better, but at 1500$ its not 7.5
times better. PLus the xerox has very expensive consumables.

I havent liked the output from any inkjet in terms of color except the $7K
Tektronix. Its the only one whose red is RED.

I just get by with my canon, and if I need higher quality output, I use a
friends Polaroid Palette, and make slides or prints etc.

I have seen the the color thermal dye transfer outputs (CalComp etc), but
they cost more than a film recorder, and while they are better than 
the cheap ink jets, they are nowhere near as good as film recorder output.

Question to Nick Flor: What are the inks like in the HP ? Are they water or
alcohol based ? Do you have the exact chemical makeup handy ? Are your reds
RED and blues BLUE ? Any idea if HP inks can be used in another ink jet 
printer ?

The canons are stil available.



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