I've certainly seen paper make a difference. Spent yesterday trying to find HP Premium Plus paper to no avail. I'm not going to give up on the HP. It wasn't awful, I'm just surprised the Lexmark held its own. More evaluation awaits HP paper (which the Lexmark does cheerfully print on, but I'm out at the moment).
I'm hanging in there, Mike. -Lon Mike Johnston wrote: > > Two thoughts: > Papers make a huge difference. > > You probably optimize your files for the printer you've been using. > > Oh, and a third thought: sometimes the printer-computer interface is pure > necromancy. Little spirits flit from one to the other invisibly, > untraceably. I once brought home an Epson C80 which I couldn't get a halfway > decent print out of no matter what I tried or what I did. I mean nothing > close to acceptable, not just slightly worse. I was comparing it to an > ultra-cheapie Lexmark Z22 I got as a freebie when I bought my computer. Who > knows why? I never figured it out. > > My Canon S800 works just fine. Easily surpasses the old Lexmark. > > So if the HP doesn't work for you, don't bang your head against the wall too > long. Just take it back, and put a tickmark in the "win" column for the > gremlins. > > --Mike
