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From: davel@hpvcla.HP.COM (David Lowe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: New Printer
Message-ID: <4730016@hpvcla.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 88 20:22:54 GMT
References: <2269@vice.TEK.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>>
>>Has anybody seen or heard anything about the new HP DeskJet
>>Laser Quality printer?
>>                                         OK, but what kind
>>of printer driver would I need?  Is it Epson FX compatible
>>or what?

With the FX-80 emulation cartridge, list price $75, it is FX-80 
compatible. Graphics is scaled by the emulation cartridge to print
the same resolution as the Epson.

>>         Will I able to print output from EZ-Draw with the
>>standard driver and get laser quality? If anyone has any 
>>more information on this new product please let me know.  

Graphics, since it's the same resolution, will be just as coarse as
the Epson. Text prints at 300 dpi and is laser quality.

Dave Lowe
davel%hpvcla@hplabs.HP.COM
or
hplabs!hp-pcd!hpvcla!davel

PS: I tried mail; it didn't get through.