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Re: Color Printer NO-Woes

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From: Nathan F. Janette
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:20
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In article <1992Nov13.151702.28641@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>  
eboltz@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Eric Scott Boltz) writes:
> NeXT Color Printer (Canon bubble jet w/ PS level II)
> 360 dpi, flat
> Pros: WOW. Colors are much more vibrant than I expected. Flat colors
>       make viewing under any lighting easy. Prints up to 11"x17".
>       Cheap! Don't have to buy memory for the printer. FAST.
> Cons: Black not as black as wax. Dynamic range just shy of wax. May
>       slow host cpu considerably (even with 48megs?). Some people
>       like glossy output.

Boosting our NeXTstation Color Turbo from 16 to 48 MB sped processing
and printing times significantly, and made the system usable during
the whole process.

--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)
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From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: Re: Color Printer NO-Woes
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