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From: mtoy@there.sgi.com (Michael Toy)
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Subject: What kind of paper for DeskWriter ??
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Date: 3 Feb 90 00:01:45 GMT
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I have a HP DeskWriter, it is a great printer, everybody should have one.
I want to know, exactly what kind of paper do I buy in order to get the
best quality output.  So far I have experienced three different kinds of paper:

	1) 20lb Laser Printer Paper which I bought at Price Club:
	Results: Ink holds thin lines, but tends to spread out in thin
		 spidery wisps.
	
	2) I went to a copy store and bought a ream of High Quaility
	   High Speed Laser Printer paper.  It is a very heavy (~60lb)
	   paper, which doesn't have the spidery line problem of the
	   cheaper paper, but the ink does tend to spread out a bit,
	   making everything a little fuzzy.  Good for certificates,
	   where all the text is big, but too fuzzy for normal text.
	
	3) The magic paper that the tech pubs people here at SGI use for
	   printing their masters.  This stuff is perfect, makes the
	   DeskWriter output as good as a LaserWriter (maybe better
	   because of the blacker blacks).  Problem:  It has non-photo
	   blue printing all over the back side.

I know nothing about paper.  Would somebody who does tell me:

	1) What kind of paper to buy
	2) What kinds of places sell it
	   or (ideally)
	3) Where in the South SF Bay area can I buy it?

Thanks

--Michael Toy

Michael Toy