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>Concerning printing from a PC to an IEEE-488/GPIB-interfaced Paintjet,
>
>In message Thu, 29 Jun 1995 16:01:44 +0100,
> mhaury@pasteur.fr (Matthias Haury) writes:
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>> The problem
>> is that the card costs around 500 $ and the HP Paintjet are not even
>> worth that !!! If you know something cheaper let me know..
>
>True. And I don't know something cheaper. But if you're going to keep
>your Paintjet(s) around anyway for HP computer's, consider these points.
>If you have HP 310's (which can't network affordably) the $500 card will
>also enable you to use free software such as WinMDI and MFI by transferring
>data to PC's (or a network server). Network access may also open up a
>cheap and fast backup route (2 gigabyte DAT tapes cost $12 each).
If you don't need the interface card for transfer of data from the HP,
consider the HP Deskjet 560C for your Windows software (for DOS software,
make sure the program supports it). It was advertised recently at one of
our local discount electrionics stores for $399 ($100 off; I believe that's
because HP is now offering the 660C.) Also there's the Deskjet 340 with a
color add-on for around $340, but output is not as good as the 560.
>
>The maximum resolution of a Paintjet is 180 x 180 dots per inch (dpi); it
>also allows 90 dpi. The latter is fine for many purposes, and very fast.
>It takes about 3 minutes for a Paintjet to print a full-page in color at
>90 dpi, 6 minutes at 180 dpi. My impression is that the newer 300+ dpi
>color inkjet printers take even longer per page (perhaps someone
>who uses one can enlighten us?).
The HP560 output from PC Lysys is probably not improved over what a Paintjet
would do, even with the 560's 300x300 resolution, since it's the CRT
resolution that's the limiting factor. However, if you import the graphs
into a graphics package (we use Microsoft PowerPoint) you can *really*
produce very nice color annotated figures.
Speed seems to depend quite a bit on the color coverage, though I would
guess that it's not slower than the Paintjet at equivilent resolution (in
addition to 300dpi, there's a choice of 75 or 150 dpi on the Deskjet).
We're not usually concerned about the speed because on a PC with 16mb RAM
and SuperQueue installed, printing proceeds very nicely in the background.
SuperQueue was available for $30 for those purchasers of HP Deskjet printers
at the time we bought ours.
I know that this is not a *much* cheaper solution, but it works well for us
since we still use our Paintjet regularly on the HP. We also prefer the
cut-sheet paper handling of the Deskjet.
Regards,
Neal
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Neal A. Benson Tel: (904) 392-0008
University of Florida Fax: (904) 392-4693
Department of Pathology Email: nbenson@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
Box 100275
Gainesville, FL 32610-0275 USA
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