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In article <BwusHu.2Ew@acsu.buffalo.edu> v4194rvc@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (RON C. HAMILTON) writes:
>From: v4194rvc@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (RON C. HAMILTON)
>Subject: INK Jet.... Good or Bad..
>Date: 28 Oct 92 22:44:00 GMT
>
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>It is me again with another amateur question...
>
>What are the negatives with  Ink Jet printers....????
>
>I need the laser quality for desktop publishing but I don't have the laser $$$
>and someone suggested an Ink Jet...
>
>So what is the general opinion about ink Jets...???

I'm using a Canon BJ-330 Bubblejet and am generally quite happy with it--
among other things, I can print out 17x23 pages, which I don't think any
laser printer priced for mere mortals can do (also, it's much cheaper
replacing ink cartridges than laser toner cartridges).

Negatives:

I wore out a printhead after a year (probably about 7000 pages total); cost 
to replace: $150. The ink doesn't dry as black or as uniformly as laser
printing, especially when covering large areas (it tends to puddle), and
getting the best possible printouts requires exploring some paper supply
houses and trying a lot of samples (don't bother with an office supply
store). Grey scale tends to band a bit, and once in a while (maybe every
20 pages or so) one of the jets will momentarily clog up requiring
reprinting the page. And of course if you want PostScript you have to
use a software interpreter (I'm using QMS UltraScript which seems to work
pretty well). For actual publishing, you'd probably have to get a laser
copy printed out one way or another sooner or later; though an alternative
is to print out your master at 200% and have it shot at 50% (which gives
you an effective resolution of 720x720 dpi).

So it sort of depends on whether you need the large size paper (the cheapest
laser printer I've seen that'll do 11x17 is about $3000, the BJ-330 is $600
mail order).

Lamont Downs
downs@helios.nevada.edu