Re: Deskjet vs. StyleWriter, need help!

[hochstrasse@urz.unibas.ch]

In article <1993Apr28.064447.7170@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas) writes:
> In article <1993Apr27.190031.42843@urz.unibas.ch> hochstrasse@urz.unibas.ch writes:
>>
>>   DESKJET 500 C: Offers color printing (up to now only from a PC, drivers
>>            included; Vitesse color driver for GS has been announced...)
>>            Drawback: You have to change ink cartridges in order to
>>            print true black and color in one document...
>>   DESKJET 550 C: Newest and hottest in the PC world (and most expensive...)
>>            No need of cartridge change to print true black and color
>>            in same doc.
> 
> I have a couple questions about the color DeskJets:
>    How good is the color printing ? 

On a PC with Windows it's pretty good. DeskWRITER printing from
a Mac is even better. We tested it with some GIF fotos, and they
looked very natural. It is somehow hard to describe. Imagine you have
only 4 colours (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) at a resolution for
single dots of 300 dpi. To get different hues you must mix the colors
with dither patterns, that are of course coarser than those 300 dpi.
I think, the DeskWriter color drivers are the best you can get out of
the printer technology built into the DW. (I admit it isn't very in-
formative if yoy can't have a look at it, sorry...)

>    Is the 550c *that* much better to spend the extra $200?

Well, the 500c wastes ink when it prints black by mixing the
3 basic colors. And the picture isn't as good as with true black.
Furthermore this extra $200 saves you print cartidge shuffling
when you print with true black...

>    How good will the color printing be with the "Harmonie" driver?

That's a question you should ask Vitesse. They announced the color
driver to appear quite soon...
We'll have to see, whether it reaches the quality of the DeskWriter
550C color driver for the Mac...
 
> Also, I see that Apple has a new inkjet, the ColorWriter ($2000).
> It's supposed to render 'true' colors, but what does it work with?
> (i.e. is it Mac only?)

I leave that question to the experts. I only know that Windows already
supports Apple LaserWriters, so why not the ColorWriter soon?...

--Urs

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