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From: charles@hpcvca.HP.COM (Charles Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Paint Jet Printers
Message-ID: <5660026@hpcvca.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Dec 88 19:35:30 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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> >He could loose his job if he told you anything else.  This is a very
> >competitive industry.  A great deal of effort goes into developing ink
> >formulas.

> 1) The question I originally asked of Nick was ``are the inks water
>     based, like the xerox inks, or alcohol based like the Canon
>    inks''. I can understand Nicks reluctence to disseminate the
>    complete formula (even if he knew it), but nit saying what
>    the base was is ludicrous. Opening a cartdridge and smelling the
>    stuff will let you know in a second.

I don't know what information is officially released and what is not.
I assume Nick is in the same position.  I know HP can get picky about
employees making statements made without official approval.  However,
if you send me your USnail address I may be able to find an (almost)
empty cartridge for you to open.

> 2) There are lots of reasons to document whats in the ink. Xerox, with
>    it's 4020 color ink jet printer supplied a manual with the title:
>    ``product safty report'' that has as much data as you'd want on
	etc, etc.

That makes sense to me.  I am just not in a position to do anything
about it.

> 3) If you really want to know whats in something, you call up and
>    and imply you are a doctor, and that you have a kid here who
>    just swallowed a bunch of the stuff and you need to know
>    whats in it, and you need to know NOW.

This sounds unethical to me.

> And if it's ``such a competative industry'' how come HP Paintjets
> red ink is kinda orange? Tektronix, for their 4692 ink jet printer
> has outstanding, pure, saturated colours. Their reds are red.
> Period. 
> --richard@gryphon.COM

The quality of colors in dies is purely subjective.  There is no
standard.

I am looking at the colors now.  I am suprised at your complaint.
They look really good to me.  The red looks, well, red.
--
	Charles Brown		charles%hpcvca@hplabs.hp.com
 The opinions here are my own and not necessarily those of my employer.