dsowa@lock60.UUCP (Dave Sowa) (04/30/91)
I would like to hear from people who have used the Canon BJ-300 bubble jet printer with windows (2 or 3). Its set of features seem to fit my set of requirements well, but without one to try I can't really test it out. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, -- dsowa David Sowa Internet: dsowa@Canal.ORG UUCP: ...!uunet!cbmvax!gvlv2!lock60!dsowa
fenske@iftccu.ca.boeing.com (Brian Fenske) (05/03/91)
I used the BJ-10e for a few days recently before my users took it on the road with them to use with my Windows app. We were very impressed with the quality, especially graphics (360 dpi), but if you are in a hurry or have lots of big reports to get out, you may be disappointed. It takes about 45 seconds to print a page of text. You can download fonts to its 37K buffer, but that adds another couple minutes to a print job. Other than the speed, it's great. Note that you will need the Windows Supplemental Drivers Disk (from Microsoft for $20 or I understand from CompuServe) to set it up as a Canon printer. Otherwise it emulates the IBM Proprinter 24 series. Brian Fenske Boeing Computer Services
SRAADMW@albert.dsir.govt.nz (DAVID WHITE) (05/09/91)
In article <7340002@iftccu.ca.boeing.com>, fenske@iftccu.ca.boeing.com (Brian Fenske) writes: > I used the BJ-10e for a few days recently before my users took it on the > road with them to use with my Windows app. We were very impressed with the > quality, especially graphics (360 dpi), but if you are in a hurry or have > lots of big reports to get out, you may be disappointed. It takes about 45 > seconds to print a page of text. You can download fonts to its 37K buffer, > but that adds another couple minutes to a print job. Other than the speed, > it's great. > > Note that you will need the Windows Supplemental Drivers Disk (from > Microsoft for $20 or I understand from CompuServe) to set it up as a Canon > printer. Otherwise it emulates the IBM Proprinter 24 series. > > Brian Fenske > Boeing Computer Services The Windows3 driver for the Canon BJ-10e is also available from SIMTEL in the file PD1:<MSDOS.WINDOWS3>WINSDL4.ZIP david white DSIR - I.D.A., Auckland, New Zealand
tinyguy@cs.mcgill.ca (Yeo-Hoon BAE) (05/10/91)
>In article <7340002@iftccu.ca.boeing.com>, fenske@iftccu.ca.boeing.com (Brian Fenske) writes: >> I used the BJ-10e for a few days recently before my users took it on the >> road with them to use with my Windows app. We were very impressed with the >> quality, especially graphics (360 dpi), but if you are in a hurry or have >> lots of big reports to get out, you may be disappointed. It takes about 45 >> seconds to print a page of text. You can download fonts to its 37K buffer, >> but that adds another couple minutes to a print job. Other than the speed, >> it's great. How does this printer compare to HP DeskJet, in terms of quality of output and speed? Has anyone used/seen both printers yet?? -TG
cjeffery@optima.UUCP (Clinton Jeffery) (05/10/91)
From article <1991May9.233759.22639@cs.mcgill.ca>, by tinyguy@cs.mcgill.ca (Yeo-Hoon BAE): >>In article <7340002@iftccu.ca.boeing.com>, fenske@iftccu.ca.boeing.com (Brian Fenske) writes: >>> I used the BJ-10e for a few days recently before my users took it > How does this printer compare to HP DeskJet, in terms of quality of output > and speed? Has anyone used/seen both printers yet?? The Canon is a super portable printer. In terms of quality of output it is in the same league as the DeskJet. It is a lot slower, and its portability makes paper handling a major pain. It doesn't accept font cartridges to my knowledge (??) -- soft (slow) downloadable fonts only. BTW For the Deskjet+ and DeskJet 500 I recommend the IQE Super Cartridge; you may never have to download a soft font again...good company support too.