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From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: DeskJet (a LaserJet in disguise)
Message-ID: <3687@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 22 Aug 88 17:33:23 GMT
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Reply-To: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Organization: Stanford University
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> For the benefit of all of the people who are thinking about getting
> a DeskJet, but are unsure of compatibility, I offer the following:
>                 If your software supports a LaserJet
>                      It will work with a DeskJet
>                       (in most cases--slower)

Make sure, though, that what it supports is a LaserJet and not a
LaserJet Plus.  The Plus adds support for downloaded fonts and a
bunch of other things that the DeskJet does not do, at least not
in the same way.  Also, demand a separate DeskJet driver from your
software vendor; the puppies are popular enough.  Why?  Because
there are a bunch of tricks you can do to make the DeskJet faster,
maybe up to a factor of two or more faster, that you wouldn't do
for the original LaserJet.

Oh, everything above I've said about the Plus goes for the Series II
as well.  And I'm not convinced that even the original LaserJet
doesn't have some features that the DeskJet doesn't do right.

Good luck; it's a fun little printer, that's for sure!

-tom