Jerry Prather wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:32:48 -0300, inkleput{at}isp.com wrote:
>
>>>Yes, but not on glossy paper yet.  I'm finding that I have a bit to
>>>learn about the settings of the driver within PMView, so I don't think
>>>I'm ready to offer a comparative opinion except to say that the output
>>>sure is better than no output at all.  
>>>      
>>>
>>PLEASE keep us posted on this.  If it doesn't do decent color I can't
>>get one.
>>    
>>
>
>I've now made a couple of photos on glossy paper.   The source
>was two .jpgs made from two different digital cameras.  
>
>Now I have to qualify my statements because the definition of
>"decent color" is going to have an opinion element involved.  
>I'm no photo or multimedia professional, so my experience is
>simply a matter of subjective comparison between what I'm seeing
>coming out of the 2550 and my previous Lexmark  5700 ink jet
>(now deceased).  I think it's about as good.
>
>As far as quality is concerned, I think you're going to have to
>go into a store and get it demonstrated.  Don't just look the
>demo page; that's a set-up.
>
>Personally, I think that this printer is a keeper, particularly
>at the Staples price.  The 2550 is a solidly built beastie (read
>big and heavy).   The greatest advantage in my point of view is
>there are are no ink cartridges to dry out.  It will take a
>while before I can learn what the life of the four toner units
>is.  Postscript seems to be a big  plus.  It also has a built in
>networking connection and comes with the secondary tray on the
>bottom.
>
>Cheers/2,
>
>Jerry
>  
>
Hi Jerry,

Thanks for the follow-up. Sounds good to me [for the future!]
If you have a scanner - you could always scan a section of one of the 
glossies as a bitmap and zip the output and post it in the group's files 
area!

I switched from Dot-matrix to an Apple Laserwriter [300 dpi monochrome - 
Postscript only!] in 1992-3 and it works today as it did then (except 
it's hard to pull out the paper drawer to refill it), although it hasn't 
had a heavy throughput. Having admin'd [PCL-only] HP Laserjets etc., 
whilst still working [pre-October 1995],  it was a no-brainer to get PS 
instead of PCL for me.

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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