srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu (Scott R. Myers) (10/08/90)
I'm thinking about buying the new DeskJet with the new ink. I just
wanted to get some reviews from anyone using it now. My main concern
is the ink. Is it as great as HP makes it out to be. Thanx in
advance.
srm
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"... No matter where you go, there you are ..."rrd@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ray Depew) (10/08/90)
> I'm thinking about buying the new DeskJet with the new ink. I just > wanted to get some reviews from anyone using it now. My main concern > is the ink. Is it as great as HP makes it out to be. Thanx in > advance. The ink really is that good. With the old ink, you could spill [insert beverage name here] on the page and lose everything. With the new ink, you can spill [beverage again] on the page and it's still readable. Not worth including in a report to your boss, mind you, but good enough to retype if you forgot to save to a disk file. (That always makes me wonder: when you spill [beverage] on a laser printout, it still ruins the paper, right? I mean, you have to print another copy, because you're not going to insert a wrinkled, stained page into your report, right? Just wondering...) I repeat, the ink really is that good. But then, look who I work for. Regards Ray Depew HP Colorado IC Division rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com
PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu (David L. Phillips) (02/21/91)
In article <Oct.7.13.36.32.1990.7426@dimacs.rutgers.edu>, srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu (Scott R. Myers) says: > >I'm thinking about buying the new DeskJet with the new ink. I just >wanted to get some reviews from anyone using it now. My main concern >is the ink. Is it as great as HP makes it out to be. Thanx in >advance. > I don't know if it's as great as HP says, but it does do a good job. Much blacker than the original ink. And it stays on the paper. Even washing with tap water won't wash it off (although some of it washes away).
pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov) (02/25/91)
In article <91051.131938PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu>, PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu (David L. Phillips) writes: > In article <Oct.7.13.36.32.1990.7426@dimacs.rutgers.edu>, srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu > (Scott R. Myers) says: > > > >I'm thinking about buying the new DeskJet with the new ink. I just > >wanted to get some reviews from anyone using it now. My main concern > >is the ink. Is it as great as HP makes it out to be. Thanx in > >advance. > > Yes, the new ink generally works as advertised, with one caveat: if your output includes large areas of solid black, the paper will - as best as I can describe it - "warp" a bit, because of all the moisture being deposited on it. And sometimes the following page will have a few black smudges/traces on it. But overall, I use both LaserJets and a DeskJet and I think that the latter compares very nicely with the former, given the price difference. Also: I believe that the "new" ink is now also standard issue for older DeskJets as well. pavlov@stewart.fstrf.org
PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu (David L. Phillips) (02/26/91)
In article <6082@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, gallo@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Gallo) says: > >The_new ink works fine in my DeskJet Plus. Now I'm wondering if I >need the $175 upgrade to make the Plus into a 500. The 500 has built-in fonts, landscape font, is faster, and has more fonts available. I think it is well worth the expense to upgrade from the DeskJet. I've never used the Plus so I can't judge that.