jwz@SPICE.CS.CMU.EDU (Jamie Zawinski) (11/03/87)
I currently have an OkiMate 20 printer, which is flaking out. Rather than getting it fixed, I'd like to get another printer, since I'm not that happy with this one anyway. It does color real pretty, but leaves horizontal white stripes... Basically what I want is a good *color* printer. I don't care how good it is at printing text files, etc. All I want this thing for is printing IFF files. If I want to print other things, I can use the LaserWriter we have at work. And of course, I'd like to spend as little as possible (<$500?). Any suggestions? Jamie
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (11/05/87)
In article <292@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> jwz@SPICE.CS.CMU.EDU (Jamie Zawinski) writes: > >I currently have an OkiMate 20 printer, which is flaking out. ... >Basically what I want is a good *color* printer. ... >And of course, I'd like to spend as little as possible (<$500?). >Any suggestions? Yes, the HP paintjet is more than 500 (1295) but well worth the extra $$$. The canon printers, as "Quadram's" are still available through the DAK catalogue. You'll need to get a replacement PROM to make them look like Canon's, as I'm not aware of a Quadram driver, but there are Canon drivers. (Quadram, in their infinite wisdom, removed the Canon PROMS and replaced them with their own, *slightly different* command set. Arrrgh.) I havn't got a good line on this PROM yet, but several people have told me about this $6 wonder chip that gives you decent descendors to boot. >Jamie -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."