jos@ele.tue.nl (Jos van Eijndhoven) (12/22/89)
Recently I obtained a document from DECs direct mailing, presenting their Printserver 20. Since we were looking for a more powerful postscript printer, it arrived just in time. The printer had abilities we were looking for such as double side printing, and printing on larger sheets. But most important, the presented print quality was excellent! Now there is something weird with this print quality. The document states that it is 'WYSIWYG': it is actual printer output, on normal paper. Regarding its quality, this should mean that the printer has a resolution of -I guess- at least 600 dpi. However the document claims somewhere else a resolution of 300dpi: common for laserprinters, but definitely not of this document. So either this technical specification is wrong, or they try to fool me by pretending it is actual printer output when this is not the case. THIS WOULD BE VERY BAD, BE WARNED. Can someone solve this dilemma? Jos van Eijndhoven Eindhoven Univ of Technology, The Netherlands jos@es.ele.tue.nl
blarsen@ulrik.uio.no (Bjorn Larsen) (12/27/89)
In article <450@euteal.ele.tue.nl> jos@ele.tue.nl (Jos van Eijndhoven) writes: > > Recently I obtained a document from DECs direct > mailing, presenting their Printserver 20. > Since we were looking for a more powerful postscript > printer, it arrived just in time. > The printer had abilities we were looking for such > as double side printing, and printing on larger sheets. > But most important, the presented print quality > was excellent! I am sitting here with a document that on it's first page has the heading INSTEAD OF A DOCUMENT ABOUT THE NEW PrintServer 20, A DOCUMENT PRODUCED ON THE NEW PrintServer 20 I assume that it is the same as the one you have got. > Now there is something weird with this print quality. > The document states that it is 'WYSIWYG': it is > actual printer output, on normal paper. > Regarding its quality, this should mean that the printer > has a resolution of -I guess- at least 600 dpi. > However the document claims somewhere else a > resolution of 300dpi: common for laserprinters, > but definitely not of this document. If your copy looks like it has been printed on a 600 dpi printer, then it can't be the same as the one I have. Mine looks like it has been printed on a Digital 300 dpi printer. I get the same print quality from our LN03Rs and PrintServer 40. > So either this technical specification is wrong, > or they try to fool me by pretending it is actual > printer output when this is not the case. > THIS WOULD BE VERY BAD, BE WARNED. The PrintServer 20 is a 300dpi device. Like Digital's other laserprinters, it prints rather black, giving a more solid image than that of a LaserWriter, for example. If you don't believe your own eyes, why not arrange for Digital to create a PrintServer test printing from one of your own documents? Get your facts right first. Spare your capital letters for later. -- Bjorn Larsen bl@nac.no USE, University of Oslo, Norway ...!mcvax!nac!bl Bjorn.Larsen@use.uio.no
John.Aspden@newcastle.ac.uk (John Aspden) (01/03/90)
MY copy of this same DEC brochure looks like it was typeset i.e.>600 dpi. I believe that it is an example of misleading advertising - not total dishonesty. The key is on the first page (not the cover) which begins: THE NEW PrintServer 20 PRINT PREVIEW Actual examples created with PostScript and proofed using the PrintServer 20. Note the keyword "proofed". However, there are many instances in the text where the implication is that the document WAS actually printed on the PrintServer 20. e.g. The cover, "A DOCUMENT PRODUCED ON THE...", "it enables you to produce documents of the quality you're seeing and hold now" (page 1). When I first saw it I was tempted to send it to the UK Advertising Standards Authority, though never did (maybe I should....) If the PrintServer really DID print the copy of this brochure, I'd recommend it immediately.