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NeXTColor Printer -- MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT !!!

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From: Bill Thorson
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 20:31
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  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.

  One of our old HP PaintJets at only 180dpi produces a
much more accurate and high quality picture using
ghostscript.  We are considering getting one of the newer
HP's with 300dpi so we can get some quality.

  If anyone knows a way to fix this Color printer please
let us know.  There is nothing in the manual about adjusting
color on this thing.

Bill

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