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From: harper@convex.com (David Harper)
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 500C with transparencies
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:42:51 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In article <1992Apr7.005941.31436@m.cs.uiuc.edu> kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
>>In article <1992Apr5.210958.30181@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
>kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
>
>>>Does anyone know how well the Color Deskjet works with "regular"
>>>transparency sheets?
>
>harper@convex.com (David Harper) writes:
>
>[...]
>>Bottom line - I paid the >$40 for a box of 50 sheets of inkjet transparencies.
>>Ouch.
>
>Thanks for the information. Follow up question: Does anyone know where
>to get blank inkjet transparencies for less that $40/50?

I'd be interested to find out also - I checked around a lot on this and I
found that the HP transparencies were not any more than other brands.  I
checked several discount office supply stores in the Dallas area and found
that the price for either 3M or Avery was the same for the HP brand.  I
ended up getting 3M, but only because all the computer stores were either
out of the HP transparencies, or did not carry them (even though they sold
the printer).

Dave Harper    -     Convex Computer Corp.            E-mail address:
3000 Waterview Pky.  Richardson, TX 75081             harper@convex.com
(214) 497-4525 (W)   (214) 727-4206 (H)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: xnguyen@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Nguyen)
Subject: Need help deciding between HPIIIsi vs. QMS-PS1700
Summary: Need to get a network printer
Keywords: Hp vs QMS
Organization: International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 10:44:44 GMT

    I am thinking about purchasing a new printer for our network of Sun sparcs.
I have narrowed the selections to either the HPIIIsi or the QMS-PS1700 printer.
I need to know:

	1. How does either printer perform in a networked environment.
	2. which one is better at ethernet tcp/ip connections.
	3. How good is each at printing postscripts.
	4. under actual condition, which is faster at printing large
	   postscripts files.

The bottom line is that which printer is more reliable in a medium to large
volume networking environment?

BTW, if I purchase the HP, is the hp's postscript cartridge better or worst
then the Pacific Data Products' PacificPage PE(XL?)?


---Alex Nguyen
xnguyen@icsi.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: Re: cheap more-than-300dpi lasers
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 16:13:10 GMT
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              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

>Next's laser printer, at 400*400 dpi, is visibly superior to 300dpi.
>With 300 dpi, diagonal 1/2 point lines are visibly wider than
>horizontal or vertical lines.  Halftones look awful on a 300dpi
>printer.  We need 400dpi or more.  It's too bad the industry has
>standardized on 300dpi.


Then in year or two when someone comes out with a 500 dpi dumb engine, you'll
lament that NeXT standardized on 400dpi.

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From: bruces@mpd.tandem.com (Bruce Sawtelle)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Need info on TI 850 printer dipswitches
Date: 11 Apr 92 21:24:52 GMT
Reply-To: bruces@mpd.tandem.com (Bruce Sawtelle)
Distribution: na
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc


        I'm trying to locate information on the TI 850 printer re: the
	dipswitches. Can someone tell me what each of the positions is for?

	Thanks
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: hill@crash.cts.com (Paul Ferraro)
Subject: help with finding company..
Reply-To: hill@crash.cts.com (Paul Ferraro)
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 17:32:44 GMT
Summary: Nee help finding company!
Keywords: mergenthanler, veritype


Im looking for a company by the name of Veritype or Merganthaler, they
are a high end printer company (i think)..  I need ANY info you can give!
Thanks in advance..

Paul


paul@bnf.com
hill@crash.cts.com
hill@bnf.com




						




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From: swc@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (scott.w.collins)
Subject: HP IIISi Courier font problem
Keywords: HP, PostScript, Courier
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 20:25:50 GMT

Anyone run into a problem with a Courier font on the HP Laserjet IIISi
printer? Specifically, we use the back-quote (grave-accent, or ` ) 
character frequently and it comes out looking ALMOST exactly like
the single-quote (or ') character, which is confusing.

I've called HP and they passed me on to Adobe who said talk to HP again.

It seems like the font definition is slightly off as to how they rotate
the single-quote to become a back-quote in the Courier font (Palatino, too).

At the very least I would like to have a correct Courier font to download
from a UNIX* machine onto the HP and then select that "soft" font as opposed
to the default that is resident on the printer.

Any ideas?

Please send me direct mail as I don't often get the chance to check the
net articles.  If I get enough interest, though, I'll post a summary.

Thanks in advance.

Scott Collins
att!cblph!swc
     or
swc@cblph.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.att
From: paul@unhtel.unh.edu (Paul S. Sawyer)
Subject: CoStar LabelWriter II - docs or ASCII driver??
Followup-To: comp.periphs.printers
Organization: UNH Telecommunications and Network Services
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:44:34 GMT

Has anyone set up a CoStar LabelWriter II for simple ASCII printing
from a UNIX serial port?  I need either a driver for this or documentation
for the escape and control codes.

Thanks.
-- 
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Telecommunications and Network Services             - VOX: +1 603 862 3262
Durham, New Hampshire  03824-3523                   - FAX: +1 603 862 2030
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Re QMS-PS 2210 Centronics
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:51:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr7.165102.2848
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

>communications.  I recommend taking the time to engineer a serial cable
>for hardware handshaking,

I often see people saying to use hardware handshaking, but nobody will
speak one word about how to do so.
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Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
Date: Thursday, 9 Apr 1992 00:20:05 EDT
From: <LYBBC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: help needed for BJ-10e



           I am completely at lost, my printer ( Canon BJ-10e ) doesn't want to
 work. The exact problem is that when I changed the ink cartridge the printer o
perated for a while and after that would just stop putting ink on the problem.
The porblem doesn't have a think to do with the cartridge since I have replaced
 about 3 of them already ( at least I don't think it has anything to do with th
e cartridge ) and each one gave the same results. Upon correct insertion of the
 cartridge I would try to print something and then at best it would print a pag
e and then the ink would not come out anymore. My printer is out of warranty al
ready so I can't really go to Canon, which I almost did. My question is : If an
ybody else has experienced similar problems, and if how were these problems sol
ved. Right now my printer is out of order ( putting the whole system down as I
need the printer for school work ). Thanks in advance for any help, suggestions
 or ideas.

                                                          Felix
     Email address : lybbc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
From: IW01@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Graphics...dot matrix vs laser
Date: 6 Apr 92 11:16:33 GMT
Organization: University of Liverpool

In article <1992Apr3.100152.273@mala.bc.ca>, rensing@mala.bc.ca says:
>
>Could someone tell me the difference between the output of a 24 pin dot matrix
>printer and a laser printer ? I know that the dot matrix can't print in any
>orientation, but what I'm interested in is the graphics output. I saw an ad
>for an Epson 24pin printer capable of 360dpi. Would this look any different
>from a laser printer at 300dpi? (and which would look better) --
>*
>Michael Rensing (Rensing@Mala.BC.CA) Malaspina College, B.C., Canada

With the advent of Resolution Enhancement Technology (or any similar system -
each manufacturer now seems to have their own variant) the laser printer
produces much "sharper" output than any dot matrix ever could, since the
laser is able to adjust the size of individual dots, whereas a dot matrix
pin is a constant size.  Also, dot matrix quality is very dependent upon
the quality of the ribbon - new ribbons tend to produce an image slightly too
black, and print intensity fades as the ribbon wears.  Of course, this can be
countered by adjusting the pin to paper gap, and regularly replacing the ribbon
but a laser printout, in my experience, remains consistent until the cartridge
is exhausted.
    The ability of a dot matrix to print in any orientation is software rather
than hardware dependent.  I can get landscape prints on my dot matrix from all
the graphical programs I use (Quattro Pro, Harvard Graphics, and Windows progs)
although I can't get landscape text from WordPerfect (I only have a 9-pin
machine which I use for quick drafts before activating my "sneakernet" to
get to the Departmental laser).  I should say that others in the Dept. have
24 pin machines, so I have had the opportunity to make some comparison between
laser and dot-matrix.
    On the positive side, some dot matrix can be easily adapted to produce
acceptable colour, and graphics printing is not dependent upon the amount
of memory in the printer.  However, except in the roughest draft modes
a laser will generally throw out the pages faster (and quieter!!) than a dot
matrix.
    In the end though, you can get a 24 pin printer for about half the cost
of the cheapest laser.  If cost is not critical get a laser, but if you
have less than $800? (I don't know the cost of a cheap laser in US$) go for
a dot matrix.  The costs per page will also work out lower (I think).

Hope this is useful

Ian.

Ian Webber                            IW01@uk.ac.liv
Dept. Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, England.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: klefstad@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sue Klefstad)
Subject: 11x17" b&w laser printer?
Organization: Illinois Natural History Survey
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:45:46 GMT

Are there any laser printers available capable of printing an 11"x17"
format?

From whom and at what price?

Thanks!

-- Sue
=====================================================================
Sue Klefstad   s-klefstad@uiuc.edu    Illinois Natural History Survey
From: dosbears@netcom.com (David R. Preston)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: paper for DeskJet printers
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:16:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.wc1jh5#.dosbears
Organization: DosBears at Netcom

In article <1992Apr15.220204.18798@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
>In article <1992Apr15.110538.39376@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> arritt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>>Can anyone recommend a good brand (or brands) of paper for use with
>>an HP DeskJet?  
>>
>>If anyone has tested several different brands of paper, could you 
>>give us the benefit of your experience?
>
>I don't have a Deskjet but I do remember seeing a special coated paper called
>Deskjet Ultra in the Paper Direct catalog. Call them for a catalog; it's
>free and very informative (1-800-A-PAPERS)


"Ink Jet Ultra", manufactured by Masterpiece.  It is very good, but very
expensive ($17.95/100 sheet box!).  I use it only for making originals that
are going to be photocopied, it's too good for final output.  I also tried
Masterpiece's "Firebrites dtp" colored paper and got very good results.  You
might be able to find these papers cheaper than you can get them from Paper
Direct, but you get a nice sample kit with one of pretty much everything
from their catalog with your first order.

For regular final output, I like James River's ProTech (@$7.00/500), but
I can't find it any more.  Weyerhaeuser First Choice is OK if you want
a heavier paper (24lb.).  For everyday printing there are lots of cheap
papers that give adequate results, just experiment with whatever is locally
available.  Generally, smooth short-grain paper is where it's at....


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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: harper@convex.com (David Harper)
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 500C with transparencies
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 22:25:55 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In article <1992Apr5.210958.30181@m.cs.uiuc.edu> kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
>One of the possible great things about the Color Deskjet is (would be)
>the ability to inexpensively make color transparencies.
>
>Does it work well?
>
>Does anyone know how well the Color Deskjet works with "regular"
>transparency sheets? HP sells special transparencies for about $1
>each. At work, however, I can get transparency sheets for laser
>printers and photocopy machines for "free" (i.e. I don't have to pay
>for it.)
>
>- Carl
>
>
>
>--
>Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Forget it - I just went through this.  I had to do a bunch of transparencies
on my DJ500C for a recent conference and was hoping the same thing - that I
could use the cheap laser printer ones rather than the expensive Deskjet ones.
The laser printer transparency surface is quite smooth compared to the rough
surface on the inkjet transparency.  What happened when I tried the laser
transparency is that the ink ran; even after a few hours I could run my
finger across the surface and smear the ink.  The inkjet transparency can be
touched almost from the time it comes out of the printer with no problems.
Bottom line - I paid the >$40 for a box of 50 sheets of inkjet transparencies.
Ouch.

Dave Harper    -     Convex Computer Corp.            E-mail address:
3000 Waterview Pky.  Richardson, TX 75081             harper@convex.com
(214) 497-4525 (W)   (214) 727-4206 (H)
From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet III print quality
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:24:25 GMT
	<92100.175602U41602@uicvm.uic.edu>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
In-reply-to: U41602@uicvm.uic.edu's message of 9 Apr 92 22:56:02 GMT

In article <92100.175602U41602@uicvm.uic.edu> U41602@uicvm.uic.edu
   (Rich Chong) writes:

 =}>full page images.  There was no change in all 21 images.  I decided to
 =}>print test patterns based on the four following matrices:
 =}>
 =}>        1) 10   2) 10   3) 11   4) 11
 =}>           00      01      01      11
 =}>
 =}>On the HP, all but matrix 1 come out solid.  Matrix 2 is slightly
 =}
 =}Could it be that the Resolution Enhancement Technology in the III is
 =}automatically smoothing things to black for you? Try it with RET=OFF?

   Thank you for the reply.

   I tried it in all 4 RET modes (DARK, MEDIUM, LIGHT, and OFF) and the
results varied, but only slighty.  Off and Light give the best results,
but it still takes a magnifying glass to make the difference great enough
to be useful.

   I wonder if the smallest size of a single dot on my HP is larger than
the smallest dot on my Canon?

   Is it possible to instruct the HP to use the smallest dot size?  Is it
possible to control RET at the software level instead of with the control
panel?

Al
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: fu531aht@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Hecht)
Subject: Conv. HP Laserjet to Deskjet Data
Organization: Freie Universitaet Berlin, FRG
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 12:55:42 GMT

I use a program which generates a file with raster data for hp laserjet
and would like to print this on my deskjet.
Is there a converter?
(pbmplus has only one half of this conversion, as i understand)

------  Wolfgang Hecht ------  
        ZEDAT
------  FU-Berlin -----------
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Refilling HP deskjet cartridges - problem
From: graeme@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz ( Graeme Moffat)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 10:04:42 GMT
Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.

We have been refilling deskjet/deskwriter catridges for almost a year now
with reasonable success. Most can be refilled 3 or 4 times, using about 
9 ml (1/3 oz) of Pelikan 4001 ink.  
HP are undoubtedly unimpressed by this practice, and have introduced a
double capacity (for not quite double the price) pressurised,
*unrefillable* cartridge.
Lately, we are finding that after adding only 4ml of ink, it starts to weep
from the cartridge. Have HP done something to the cartridges now, or have
we struck a thinner batch of ink?

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School of Engineering,    Ph: +64-9-737-999 x8384 /  But we waste time,
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: ernst@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Ernst Kloecker)
Subject: Good Postscript-RIP for CANON COLOR LASER COPIER 300 ?
Keywords: CANON postscript RIP
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:16:13 GMT

Hallo,

can anybody recommend a good PostScript-RIP for the Canon Color Laser Copier
300? I am working for some architects who recently purchased such a machine
with a Canon Rip F 231700 (I don't know, if that's the correct name, that
number is on a little sticker on the back of the RIP). They want to use the
setup to print out brochures including scanned color images and CAD-drawings.

They are not really happy with what they have now, because apperently the
RIP refuses to work with certain color images and also the color quality
and resolution is not as good as the copier manages when just copying.

As I understand color copiers they have a scanner and a printer built in,
so the output quality when just printing should be higher than when copying (
scanning and printing). So I assume the RIP isn't doing a proper job here.

Am I right here and does anybody know of any better RIP for the Canon 300 ?

If there isn't any better RIP for this machine, does anybody know of a better
color printer (A3) ?
--

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From: trgs@quads.uchicago.edu (T.R.Gowrishankar)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Help: printing on a HP Paintjet printer (w HPGL/2)
Date: 11 Apr 92 21:52:57 GMT
Reply-To: trgs@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations


Interested in printing graphic output from an image processing software on 
a VAX system. Does anyone know of a software to convert PCL/Postscript output
to HPGL/2? Or is there a print symbiont to print from VAX to a PaintJet printer
with HPGL cartridge.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: jtm48888@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John T Monkman)
Subject: Diablo 630
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 20:31:38 GMT

I have a Diablo 630 printer that I would like to hook up to a PC, but I do't 
have the manual. The only ports on the printer are a female DB-15 and what
looks like a 50 pin centronics port. Does anybody know where I can get a 
cable or have the pinouts for these ports.  Thanks in advance


					Jay Monkman
					j-monkman@uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 9 Apr 1992 17:56:02 CDT
From: Rich Chong <U41602@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet III print quality

>full page images.  There was no change in all 21 images.  I decided to
>print test patterns based on the four following matrices:
>
>        1) 10   2) 10   3) 11   4) 11
>           00      01      01      11
>
>On the HP, all but matrix 1 come out solid.  Matrix 2 is slightly

Could it be that the Resolution Enhancement Technology in the III is
automatically smoothing things to black for you? Try it with RET=OFF?
Xref: sparky ut.general:406 comp.periphs.printers:1395 comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt:266
From: draper@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Draper)
Newsgroups: ut.general,comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Attaching Apple LaserwriterIINT to RS6000
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:09:33 GMT
Reply-To: draper@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Draper)
Followup-To: ut.general
Distribution: tx
Organization: ECE, U. T. Austin

The subject line says it all.  Does anyone out there have
experience in combining these two components?  I would like
to know how you configured the setup.  Please respond via
e-mail.

Thanks,
Jeff
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