Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!hodge!jdm From: jdm@hodge.UUCP (jdm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: HP LaserJet IIP Summary: HPLJ vs. HPDJ Message-ID: <21970@hodge.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 89 22:17:31 GMT References: <2009@<89264> <111700148@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Hodge Computer Research Corporation Lines: 36 In article <111700148@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, jsa00564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > You might consider looking at the HP Deskjet Plus, which retails for $999 > and sells at a street price of around $700. The DJ+ is not a laser > printer, but rather an ink jet. Now wait, hold on... I bought one because > the output is almost indentical to that of a LJII. The printer prints > at a top resolution of 300dpi, just like the laserjet. > We decided for the LaserJet and against the DeskJet because: 1) The ink cartridges for the DJ are about $20/each and will print 1000 pages. The toner cartridges for the LJ are about $75/each and will do 5000 pages. A bit of a savings. 2) The DJ suffers from "wettness" if a large, dark area is printed on the paper. As the ink dries the paper wrinkles and looks bad. The LJ ink may smear when very hot (as most laser printer toner does), but this is usually not a problem if you don't grab the paper as it is comming out of the LJ. 3) Graphics are much faster on the LJ than the DJ. I haven't compared it to the DJ Plus yet. -- "I'm an anthropologist, not a computer systems architect, damit!" jdm@hodge.cts.com [uunet zardoz crash]!hodge!jdm James D. Murray, Ethnounixologist TEL: (714) 998-7750 Ext. 129 Hodge Computer Research Corporation FAX: (714) 921-8038 1588 North Batavia Street Orange, California 92667 USA