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- From: th9708@meibm8.cen.uiuc.edu (Todd Lee Henderson)
- Subject: Re: HP DeskJet 500C vs. 550C
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:39:42 GMT
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- phil@tgf.tc.faa.gov (Phil Willows) writes:
-
- >cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Cliff Chen) writes:
-
- >>In article <1jeivdINNlmu@transfer.stratus.com> jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com writes:
- >>>I'm considering buying an HP DeskJet printer. Can anyone
- >>>tell me the advantages of the 550C vs the 500C? The former is
- >>>$200 more expensive. What do I get for my $200?
-
- >> In PC magazine, they did reviews of Color Inkjets and compared the
- >>two. Basically, they felt the only advantage the 500 has over the 550 is
- >>that it produces better black output (the 550's supposedly looks a little
- >>greenish).
- >> The 550C processes output much faster and performs color output much
- >>better than the 500C.
-
- >> Cliff Chen
- >> cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
-
- >WRONG.
-
- >You have it backwards. The 500C uses all three colors to produce black.
- >As a result, it has the appearance of being a dark olive drab. The 550C
-
- Also, I believe it is important to point out that if you plan on only printing
- black in a letter or document you can use a TRUE BLACK cartridge to get true
- black. This seems obvious to those of us that have a 500C or 550C, but I'm
- not sure if it is general knowledge.
-
- Just trying to keep things straight. I've had both the 500C and 550C and
- I liked them both, although I did like having both cartridges in at the same
- time on the 550C.
-
- Todd
-
- >has its own black cartidge in the same printhead with the color cartridge.
- >Therefore, you get black.
-
- >In terms of output, a few seconds when compared with 7 or 8 minutes is
- >not significantly faster. So don't say "much faster."
-
- >As for quality, they use the same cartidges and inkjet technology. This
- >means there is no difference for most of the color output.
-
- >The only differences between the two is $200 and the quality of the
- >black.
-
- > -Phil
-
- >p.s.> I own a 500C and have run a 550C through its paces.
-
- >
-