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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

5226.0. "Deskjet 500c" by YOSMTE::BODINE_CH () Wed Nov 20 1991 23:50

The Deskjet 500c (Color version of the Deskjet 500) is now shipping. I 
saw one in a local store the other day and the output was awesome. Does 
anybody know of or is anyone working on a printer driver for this 
printer?

Chris

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
5226.1		TFH::KIRK	a simple song	`Thu Nov 21 1991 17:39`	11
	I saw one, too. Nice, 300 dpi plain paper, but one hitch was that you either get b/w .XOR. color, ya gotta swap ink cartridges! (color mode will print black, but it takes 3 times the ink, 1 part yellow, 1 part magenta, 1 part cyan...) Does envelops, all for something under $800. I think I'll wait, but it was tempting. Cheers, Jim
5226.2		TERSE::ROBINSON		`Thu Nov 21 1991 19:10`	12
	>(color mode will print >black, but it takes 3 times the ink, 1 part yellow, 1 part magenta, 1 part >cyan...) Which is not really the same as black. I've heard is is kind of a dark green. Note that the HP Paint Jet does have black, but does not have the resolution of the 500c. I haven't seen printouts, but I think leaving out black was a poor decision in what is otherwise an improvement over the Paint Jet. Paint Jets seem to have taken a $300 price drop recently... Dave
5226.3	faster, better, cheaper, and I want it NOW! .-)	TFH::KIRK	a simple song	`Fri Nov 22 1991 12:57`	21
	re: Note 5226.2 Dave, >Which is not really the same as black. I've heard is is kind of a dark green. Yeah, I probably should have put black in "quotes". I examined the output with a x50 microscope, dark greyish green, with a halo of the primary colors around it. (Hey, a printer that automatically simulates HAM fringing!) Still, the output looked pretty good from a foot or so away. I like my PaintJet XL, but sometimes the 180 dpi seems a little coarse. Does anyone know why HP couldn't reformulate their ink or something so PaintJets could handle plain paper better? Seems like a simple and cheap upgrade...just change the ink cartridges. (Perhaps they or some other party already have?) Cheers, Jim
5226.4		RGB::ROSE		`Fri Nov 22 1991 15:12`	7
	>Does anyone know why HP couldn't reformulate their ink or something so >PaintJets could handle plain paper better? Seems like a simple and cheap >upgrade...just change the ink cartridges. (Perhaps they or some other party >already have?) Kodak has done just that with their Diconix printers. The solution exists. I wonder if the cartridges are compatible?