rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (02/03/90)
I wasn't aware the DeskJet (or DJ Plus) was capable of color. Pray tell more. -tom
ccplumb@lion.waterloo.edu (Colin Plumb) (02/08/90)
In article <1990Feb3.094409.14189@Neon.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes: > I wasn't aware the DeskJet (or DJ Plus) was capable of color. Pray tell more. It isn't. I installed one for my parents' office and read the manual cover- to-cover. I think he was talking about the PaintJet. The DeskJet Plus is a *very* nice printer, though. -- -Colin
a468@mindlink.UUCP (Graham Parkinson) (11/18/90)
> I use the DJHelper program and driver from Creative Focus. It's $50 worth > EVERY PENNY. DJHelper is a Preferences-like program that will reconfigure > the driver on the fly, allow font downloading, and much, much more. It > allows you to finetune greyscale, get 66 lines per page (!), etc., etc. > > Re the Deskjet 500: I talked with my local HP dealer, and he said > that, especially since I use a DTP program with its own fonts > (Pagestream and sometimes ProPage), he wouldn't even recommend the > upgrade. All Deskjets will be able to use the new waterproof ink... > --Rick Wrigley > fhwri@conncoll.bitnet >> I just recently purchased a DJ500, and the only difference that I can see >>from the original is a little bit better letter quality and the ability to >>add font cartridges. The speed is a little faster, and somewhat more >>quieter. If you can get a good price get the 500. I got mine for 549.00 >>and it was well worth it. One more thing, I think that the 500 does >>landscaping while the plus doesn't. >> >> I have bought the DJHelper software in anticipation as I envisage using >> Professional Page 1.3 and Transcript for most of my printing requirements. >> DJHelper looks real good from the screens and docs. >> - - Does anyone have the address/phone number of Creative Focus, the authors - of DJHelper? Perhaps a mail order house offers this utility as it's - not yet available here in Vancouver stores. - - Any idea if a version to support the new Deskjet 500 features is nigh? - - On the Deskjet 500 - it can apparently use the DJ+'s font cartridges - but not vice versa, and it has more built in fonts (CGTimes, a proportional - font ). - -- -- ****************************************************************** * Graham Parkinson - Frontier GeoSciences, Vancouver BC CANADA * * uunet Graham_Parkinson@Mindlink.UUCP * ******************************************************************