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Re: NeXTColor Printer -- MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT !!!

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From: John Soward
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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From: soward@slow.inslab.uky.edu (John Soward)
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