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In <D2150040.knc360@phunt.MV.COM> phil@phunt.MV.COM writes:
> In article <collin.722629049@angelo> (comp.sys.mac.apps), collin@angelo.amd.com (Collin K. Ong) writes:
> ] jbra0006@rz.uni-hildesheim.de (Juergen Brauckmann) writes:
> ] >The new DW-Driver is very slooooooow ( takes double time to print
> ] >then version 2.x), so I`m still using the old one. Anyone else,
> ] >who has this problems?
> ] 
> ] laug@fraser.sfu.ca (Christopher Lau) writes:
> ] >  Yes. I have had this problem with the new 3.1 drviers and I thought it was
> ] >the lack of RAM that I had in my computer! Well, it looks like that I'm not
> ] >the only one with a slow printer.
> ] >I think it has to do with some of the new features that make it so slow like
> ] >simulated greyscale.
> ] 
> ] The DW3.1 drivers are only really slow when you have the quality set to best.
> ] If you have it set to best, the driver tries to render everything in
> ] greyscale, even if it is in black and white.  This makes things slow.
> ] If you are not printing a color or greyscale document, you should have the
> ] quality set to Normal.  This is equivalent to the previous highest quality
> ] setting in DW2.x.
> ] 
> 

Well, I WAS leaning towards getting a Deskwriter, primarily because of
its multiple speed advantage over the Stylewriter and Imagewriter
and print appearance improvement over the Imagewriter. Sounds like
I should reconsider?

IF I do decide on the Deskwriter, can anyone recommend a reliable
mail order vendor at a bottom price?

Thx,
Steve
stephen r. white -- whitesr@appstate.bitnet -- whitesr@conrad.appstate.edu