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From: sasaki@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Dr. Jim Sasaki )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: WriteMove Printer vs. Diconix(Kodak)
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Date: 16 Mar 89 22:23:13 GMT
References: <4035@druhi.ATT.COM> <21671@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: sasaki@umbc3.umbc.edu (Dr. Jim Sasaki (CMSC))
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In article <4035@druhi.ATT.COM> cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (Ronald A. Guest) writes:
> Has anyone had any first hand experiences with GCC's WriteMove inkjet
> printer?.... I am curious if it works as well as I have heard (although it
> still has the font inconvenience of a Grappler).

In article <21671@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> air@anableps.berkeley.edu writes:
> [ I ] believe that the WriteMove printer is the Diconix 150 with a Grappler
> built in....

I've been thinking about buying a WriteMove, too, but haven't yet.  There're
reviews of it in the 12/6/88 MacWeek and the March Macazine.  The WriteMove is
a Diconix 150 with a different ROM, one put in by GCC.  In its best mode, a
WriteMove prints at 192 dots per inch, as opposed to the 144 dpi (I presume) of
a Diconix/Grappler combination.   In draft mode, a WriteMove prints at 96 dpi.
(For comparison, an Imagewriter LQ can print at 216 dpi, and a Deskjet/GrapperLS
can print at 300 dpi.)

A WriteMove comes with some outline fonts.  Having outline fonts means that you
don't have to worry about what size fonts you have installed in your system, as
long as you use the outline fonts.  GCC tells me that you'll only get 192 dpi
output if you use an outline font; if you don't, it prints at a lower
resolution.

    -- Jim Sasaki (sasaki@umbc3.umbc.edu.  Please append usual disclaimer
           w.r.t. GCC, Diconix, the University of Maryland, etc.)