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Article #10242Re: HP DeskWriter/Deskjet+
From: Steve Miller
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 22:12
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 22:12
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>I've heard in the past that the only real difference between the Deskwriter >and Deskjet is the software driver and outline fonts made especially for the >Mac. This is not true. The DeskWriter can handle 57.6 Kbaud and has a different data comrpession scheme that achieves much greater throughput than the DeskJet or DeskJet+ do on the Mac. The only thing that comes close is the Grappler (LX?) which uses a serial to parallel converter to up the baud rate to the DeskJet+ (Mac -> high speed serial -> parallel -> DJ+). Also the DeskWriter was designed for the Mac and what this amounts to is many small design details that enhance throughput and ease of integration with the Macintosh. Steven Miller Vancouver Division Hewlett Packard <-- DANGER DANGER, HP employee, DANGER DANGER!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpvcfs1!stevem From: stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: HP DeskWriter/Deskjet+ Message-ID: <780104@hpvcfs1.HP.COM> Date: 22 Jan 90 22:12:40 GMT References: <8451@portia.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA Lines: 19