A new printer sidesteps a choice; HP offers near laser quality for a near dot-matrix price

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The Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 500 ink-jet printer ($729 list price, which will probably translate to a discounted 'street' price of $500 or less) is an updated and improved version of the company's Deskjet and HP Deskjet Plus products. The HP Deskjet 500 might be considered a cross between a laser and a dot-matrix printer, offering high print quality at a low price. It incorporates a water-resistant ink that apparently eliminates smearing, which has been a problem with ink-jet printers. The HP Deskjet 500 compares favorably with good dot-matrix machines: it produces better-looking pages with greater flexibility in graphics and type fonts than all but the best dot-matrix devices; it changes between portrait (standard) and landscape (sideways) easily; it runs almost silently; and it comes with a three-year warranty. Purchasers who make their purchase before Nov 15, 1990, will receive a coupon that can be exchanged for a driver that allows the Deskjet 500 to take advantage of Microsoft Windows 3.0, including kerning, scalable fonts and WYSIWYG.

Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Hewlett-Packard Co., HWP, Inkjet printers, Ink-jet printers, Ink Jet Printer, HP DeskJet 500 (Ink jet printer)

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Remember: printing requires paper as well as hardware: grabbing whatever is on the shelf short-circuits the potential of a laser printer

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Companies sometimes purchase expensive microcomputers and laser printers for desktop publishing, but after investing heavily in equipment and training, they undermine their own projects by failing to consider paper quality. People use what is on a shelf, failing to notice how a few cents' difference in paper can make a large difference in the appearance of printed output. Spending a few pennies more for special paper and storing paper properly can yield improvements in quality that are usually associated with major advances in hardware technology. Regular office bond or photocopy paper is all right for basic chores such as casual correspondence or memos, but for 'master' documents or 'showcase' reports, use special paper. Most paper companies, including Hammermill, Boise-Cascade, James River and Great Northern Nekoosa, now offer products specially made for laser printers.

Laser printers, Equipment Acquisition, Laser Printer, Printers

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Using imagination on paper

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Special laser-quality paper can be important in the appearance of a desktop-published document. Laser-quality paper has unusual characteristics: it has a low moisture content so that it does not curl when it is heated; and it is smooth, to hold laser toner particles until they melt. A good selection of papers designed for laser or inkjet printers can be hard to find; office supply stores tend to carry limited selections, and distributors usually sell in bulk. Paper Direct of Lyndhurst, NJ is a nationwide distributor carrying a broad selection of papers, envelopes and labels that sells in small quantities to individual customers. Paper Direct offers a 'sampler kit,' for $19.95 plus $2.50 for shipping, that includes more than 100 kinds of paper. The cost of the sampler can be deducted from a customer's first order.

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Word processing software, Document preparation, Reproduction paper, Copy papers, PaperDirect Inc.

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