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Article #923Re: NeXTColor Printer -- MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT !!!
From: John Soward
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 22:11
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 22:11
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Bill Thorson writes
->
-> We have one of the NeXTColor printers and are extreamly
-> dissapointed with it. It was ordered right when the
-> printer and 3.0 were announced. Right now we're thinking
-> of sending them it back because it just will not due.
->
-> NeXT promoted 3.0 and the Color printer saying that with
-> their new Pantone color system and the NeXTColor printer
-> you finally have a wysiwyg color system. Colors that you
-> see on the screen is what you get on the printer. THIS
-> IS VERY FAR FROM THE TRUTH.
->
-> The colors on this printer are all screwed up.
-> Blue comes out purple. Gray has a red tint. Yellow and
-> magenta seem to be too deep. And green seems a little on
-> the dark side. All images come out both with some wrong
-> colors and way too dark.
->
Are you using the coated paper...though we haven't got one (yet) I ahve
noticed that the same picture on coated paper appears to ahve slightly
different shades than the same image on plain paper....
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!news From: soward@slow.inslab.uky.edu (John Soward) Subject: Re: NeXTColor Printer -- MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT !!! References: <Nov04.203130.60902@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Nntp-Posting-Host: slow.inslab.uky.edu Message-ID: <1992Nov5.221142.7793@ms.uky.edu> Reply-To: soward@slow.inslab.uky.edu (John Soward) Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences Sender: news@ms.uky.edu (USENET News System) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:11:42 GMT Lines: 29