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From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Color printers of 300 dpi wanted
Keywords: HP PAINTJET XEROX 4020
Message-ID: <6456@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 89 16:22:38 GMT
References: <4250@alvin.mcnc.org>
Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <4250@alvin.mcnc.org> raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams) writes:
>
>	Can anybody write me a review of an HP paintjet or a Xerox 4020?
>I just bought a deskjet but I might take it back to get color compatibility.
>I was thinking about the paintjet but I read somewhere that it "rivals" 24
>pin printers.  Rivals?  It should be better.  I want a color printer that has
>300 dpi by 300 dpi.  Anybody have any suggestions?
>
>				Russell Williams

	There a very few 300 dpi color printers on the market and you're going
to pay through the nose for them.  Here's my list of color printers at 200 or
better dpi.

Printer			~Cost	Resolution	Printing Method
-------			-----	----------	---------------
CalComp_ColorMaster	$5000	203x200		thermal transfer (3 pass)
Howtek_PixelMaster	$5000	240x240		plastic ink-jet
Seiko_5300 (series)	$5000	240x240		thermal transfer (3 pass)
Tektronix_4693DX	$8000	300x300		thermal transfer (3 or 4 pass)
Mitsubishi		?	300x300		thermal transfer
Shinko			?	300x200		thermal transfer


	The HP_PaintJet has 180x180 color output, the Xerox_4020 has
120x120 (it has a psuedo 240x240 mode where is outputs the same line
twice shifting it down and to the right by 1/240 of an inch).

	I haven't checked my prices for a while so they may be out!