robin@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Robin Amano) (12/12/90)
In article <1990Dec10.203848.6834@portia.Stanford.EDU> tchuang@portia.Stanford.EDU ( Chuang) writes: > > I'm in the market for a personal printer and was wondering >if it's worth shelling out the money for a laser printer as >opposed to a 24-pin printer, which might sell for $300. > > From what I've read, the resolution of 24-pin printers is >comparable to that of the laser printer. My concern however >is over the quality of printed output when it comes to printing >graphics and grey scaled images (eg. using Micrografx Designer, >etc...). I am accustomed to laser printed output and have never >seen graphics output from dot matrix printers using similar >software. I have yet to see a dot matrix printer of any kind that come close to laser quality. If you can afford a laser printer I would definitely suggest that you get one. If it is a little hard on the budget, check out the desk jet. Then all you need is a fax card, a scanner, and some software and you'll have yourself a nice fax machine. Scanner optional. If you have never seen graphics output from dot matrix printers don't. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Robin Amano | robin@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu UHCC | 2565 The Mall | Honolulu, HI 96822