d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) (07/17/90)
Back on the net again, I'd like to summarize what response I
got from it on my query about Color Printing.
The best response was from a very helpful fellow on Textronix,
who even sent me some output samples (across the pond, air mail)
Really a nice touch. Their ColorQuick is in the $2,500 range,
and has a resolution of 216x216 dpi. It is an inkjet printer,
and Color QuickDraw driver is available.
The other choise is HP. HP has a cheap color printer (the ColorJet,
I believe, around $1,500) and the ColorWriter (around $2,500,
much in the same league as the Textronix) Both are inkjet printers.
Unfortunately, the response I got was from a user of the cheaper
model, so I didn't get any print samples...
The quality of both, though seems to be okay, but not professional.
The Textronix print samples included output from a wax thermal
printer as well, which was _quite_ nice, though a trifle expensive.
You get PostScript with it, though (if I remember correctly)
PostScript is available for the Color QuickDraw printers as
separate packages from several companies.
It seems that the most inexpensive printer might be the way to
start-up, just to get you around, but wax thermal is the way to
go if you're doing this professionally. Unfortunately, this puts
the project above my present venture capital :-( (I guess I have
to "slave" as a software consultant a while longer. What a pain :-)
h+@nada.kth.se
Jon W{tte, Stockholm, Sweden, h+@nada.kth.se