From: Alexander Wagner (A.Wagner_at_TeamOS2.de)
Date: Sun Jun 28 1998 - 07:16:20 EDT
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998 15:17:50 -0600, Ray Bayles wrote:
Hello!
>I have one of each... for a direct comparison, the 850 Epson is now the
>top of the line...
>
>The Epson is fast and produces incredibly good color printing... It
>makes a high
>whinning noise I don't much like... The HP 390 makes a lot of clunking
>noises so
>noise wise its a tie, but I hate the Epson sound more..
>Their black and white printing is about equal
Thats correct concerning my own observations.
>The Epson has experienced more problems with such thinks as leaking
>ink... The HP is more reliable and always has been..
Wouldn't say that. Problem on the HP's is allways paperhandling. The paper
drives such a wild way through the printer, it's likley to jam sometimes. I
find that on DeskJet 520 I used some time ago, also on my laser (LaserJet
Series II) and the lasers we use in university (LaserJet 5M, 4M). The stylus
is more reliable here cause it transports the paper in a straigth way
through. I also find that on my Canon which uses the same technique here.
>If you are doing high quality printing, get the Epson... If you are
>doing
>a large volume of black and white printing, get the HP.
Concerning paperhandling I'd not use the HP for really lage volumes. Don't
know if it's really better on the 8xx mentioned here, but I'd found really
troubel with jams, especially on loading high volumes or low volumes of paper
in the tray. (That's to say on start up and at the end of a larger job.)
Also for black/white I'd say if one prints no graphics or only on Win than
the HP is probably right. But it's rather dependend on Win. If one uses other
platforms, the HP's perform pritty lousy in quality (lack of documentation by
HP).
>Also check the price of ink cartridges where you live... They vary as
>much
>as $8.00 from one part of the country to another... the HP uses more
>black ink.
>
>Both superior printers for the money... but I do mainly black and white,
>and
>my old HP LaserJet IV beats them both on cost per page and reliability
>as do
>the slower LaserJet II and LaserJet III
That I'd say too. My LaserJet II (really old machine) is much better then all
tested inkjets for b/w printing. But it's not "portable" (25 kg ;-)
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