Steve Heckler (04/10/91)
If you've recently purchased a StyleWriter, you've probably spent some money trying to find the paper that yields the best results. Initially, I figured that the more you spent, the better the results you would get, so I purchased some 100% cotton 20 lb Southworth Parchment Deed. Not a good idea. The paper is great, but the ink from the StyleWriter seems to soak in too far and blurs on the edges. My recommendation is 25% cotton rag bond. I've used Mead's 25% cotton Gilbert Recycled Paper, and had tremendous success. The contrast is excellent, and it is very hard to smear the paper except with water (of course). One warning: before you buy paper for the StyleWriter, check the texture first. Paper with a smooth finish will yield only average results. You want the paper to have a definite roughness to it. If you have tried paper that you like or have other tips for getting higher quality results from the StyleWriter, please let me know. Please direct your ideas to sheckler@angelo.stanford.edu. If you wish to ask me questions, please send mail to sheckler@leland.stanford.edu. I will post a summary in a few days. Steve sheckler@leland.stanford.edu
Abraxas@itsgw.rpi.edu (Yi Sun) (04/10/91)
In article <1991Apr9.220339.21805@leland.Stanford.EDU> sheckler@leland.stanford.edu writes: >If you've recently purchased a StyleWriter, you've probably spent some money >trying to find the paper that yields the best results. Initially, I figured >that the more you spent, the better the results you would get, so I purchased >some 100% cotton 20 lb Southworth Parchment Deed. Not a good idea. The paper >is great, but the ink from the StyleWriter seems to soak in too far and blurs >on the edges. > > My recommendation is 25% cotton rag bond. I've used Mead's 25% cotton >Gilbert Recycled Paper, and had tremendous success. The contrast is excellent, >and it is very hard to smear the paper except with water (of course). > > One warning: before you buy paper for the StyleWriter, check the texture >first. Paper with a smooth finish will yield only average results. You want >the paper to have a definite roughness to it. > I just use form-feed paper as in the Deskjet, the output looks great. By the way, is there any spooler works with the Stylewriter? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Abraxas@rpi.edu
russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (04/11/91)
In article <1991Apr9.220339.21805@leland.Stanford.EDU> sheckler@leland.stanford.edu writes: >If you've recently purchased a StyleWriter, you've probably spent some money >trying to find the paper that yields the best results. Initially, I figured >that the more you spent, the better the results you would get, so I purchased >some 100% cotton 20 lb Southworth Parchment Deed. Not a good idea. The paper >is great, but the ink from the StyleWriter seems to soak in too far and blurs >on the edges. 25% cotton 20lb bond (regular finish) works great. It is still very expensive- has anyone tried 20lb regular (not cotton) bond? (BTW, the paper I use is Southworth 403C) -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.