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> Well, I've been in the market to buy a portable printer for my Laptop when
> I am traveling and vacationing.... As a Duo owner, small is good...
>
> (1) I am considering using a plain vanilla Stylewriter printer as a
> "portable". Take off the Cut sheet feeder, and it's pretty darn small.
IMO still too bulky. Do you need multi-voltage?
> (2) What I really want is a truly portable printer.
> My criteria by preference: simple; compact and light; battery powered;
> color capable; amount of Cable/adapter mess
My choice would a Canon BJC 50 or 80 since you already have PowerPrint
(which I also use to connect to any PC printer). The Canons have 360 x 720
dpi color--the successors to Apple's Stylewriter 2200 (made by Canon), full
battery operation, a scanner head option and small power bricks. If you get
StyleScript (which I also use) you can even drive PC printers in PostScript
so the apparent definition and tonal gradations will be much improved.
(Same advice to Gunilla...the BJC 50 is even smaller, lighter & prints
better than the SW 2200)
> So far, my favorite is the Pentax Pocket Jet I It's a thermal printer
> which uses special cut sheet paper. It will run off a battery for 30+
> prints, requires no ink and will use a simple Mac modem cable with an HP
> Laserjet driver. 300dpi B&W and extremely tiny.
It has no color by your criteria. If you can accept thermal paper, you're
better off to fax yourself in any hotel. You might get lucky on plain paper
but you have to accept 200 dpi--a reasonable trade-off for not carrying a
printer. This is what I do in 3rd world emergencies.
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Sidney Ho
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