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From: rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DeskJet non-smearing ink
Message-ID: <317@fe2o3.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 90 20:05:10 GMT
References: <78330.AA78330@kink>
Reply-To: rusty%fe2o3@mimsy.cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
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In article <78330.AA78330@kink> hugh@kink.UUCP (Hugh D. Gamble @ Phaedra V's Amiga 2500) writes:
   >[Lie neater?  Why not just tell the truth?]

I'd rather be sloppy! :-]

   >being that the water soluble ink runs if you so much as look at it with
   >wet eyes, I'll say that HP has a newer ink cartridge out.  The new one
   >has the same part number, 51608A, but lists the DeskJet Plus, and
   >DeskWriter on the front as well as the older DeskJet, and has red
   >rectangles with "NEW!" in them.

I purchased one from a local dealer back in December.  Yes, those
printers were "new" at the time these cartridges were packaged.  I
don't believe that it says a single thing about the cartridge or the
ink being different -- just the printers that can use the cartridge.
The little pamphlet insert didn't say a word about the cartridge
being different -- I just checked. 

   >The new one is purported to be non-smearing.  I won't try out a new one
   >until the cartridge that's in my printer now runs out, but I picked up
   >one of the new ones at Computronix here in Toronto a few weeks ago.

Hmm....  I never heard anything that the "new" cartridge ink didn't
smear.  The technical folks at the dealer mentioned nothing about
non-smearing ink when I mentioned the problem to them.  As a matter
of fact I just "purposely" smear a trashed printout.  It had been in
the wastebasket for a day.  Wetting my finger and running it across
a line of print smeared the print but the letters were still very
readable.  Also, I got a printout "hot off the printer" last night
and smudged it, accidentally. 

   >I've been very happy with my DJ Plus, except for worrying about the ink
   >running when I print on envelopes, and with the PixelScript 1.1

Nothing a little Scotch(tm) tape won't fix! :-)  Nonetheless, I'm going to
try finding some Krylon spray and check it out.  Unfortunately my fiance'
doesn't use hair spray. :-(

   >PostScript interpreter.  I'd reccommend this combination for anyone with
   >a need for good quality, low volume PostScript output.  I find the
   >AmigaTeX output from the DeskJet driver excellent as well.

I agree on the AmigaTeX output though don't know no nothing about no
PostScript stuff.  :-)

Still, iff I get the money I might start to get very interested in
the LaserJet IIP.  A good dealer (plus possibly an educational discount)
could bring the price of the IIP down to very close of the list price
on a DJ+. 

I'll post a message about the effects of the Krylon (maybe some
cheap hairspray if time allows) RSN.  Stay tuned!

		-Rusty-
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Rusty Haddock		o  {uunet,att,rutgers}!mimsy.umd.edu!fe2o3!rusty
Laurel, Maryland	o  "IBM sucks silicon!" -- PC Banana Jr, "Bloom County"