sreekanth@rgb.dec.com (Jon Sreekanth) (03/06/90)
I posted a similar message a few days ago, but it seems to have vanished, so
here goes again :
I'm evaluating 24 pin dot matrix printers for printing graphics images.
I have a couple of questions about quality and speed.
The ads I've seen for 24 pin printers claim 260 dots per inch. Is this
realistic, or exaggerated ? What is the (subjective) quality of such an
image ? Is it actually better than a laser printer in 200 dpi mode ?
How much worse is it from a laser printer in 300 dpi mode ?
Published speed specs are usually
quoted as 50-something characters per second, near-letter-quality mode.
How does one convert this into graphics printing speed ? For printing
graphics, what is the speed limiting factor : the speed of the parallel
or serial port from computer to printer, or the print engine itself ?
Thanks a lot for any information ,
/ Jon Sreekanth
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