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From: prc@ERBE.SE (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: LaserJet or Postscript printer:  Help me choose
Message-ID: <339@maxim.ERBE.SE>
Date: 21 Nov 88 19:48:25 GMT
References: <1735@scolex> <23572@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Organization: ERBE DATA AB
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In article <23572@amdcad.AMD.COM>, phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:

> Let's not get carried away. 300 dpi laser printers are very nice, but
> they are not wonderful. My eyes aren't very good but I can certainly
> see jaggies, especially when a Times Roman style font is used. 300 dpi
> laser printers do word processing. Calling it "typesetting" shows
> satisfaction with a mediocre level of quality. 

I have one of Agfa's 400x400 dpi PostScript printers on loan. They
are absolutely wonderful. 12 or 18 ppm (effective speed, depending on
model), parallel, serial (up to 76.8 Kbps) and AppleTalk, 73 fonts
*standard*, 6 MB RAM and a 20 MB hard disk *standard*. I recommend it.
-- 
Robert Claeson
ERBE DATA AB
rclaeson@ERBE.SE