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Article: Printers for the road. (Hardware Review) (reviews of four portable printers) (Evaluation)
- Article from:
- Macworld
- Article date:
- September 1, 1994
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I tested four portable printers and found that portability and capability are on opposite ends of the seesaw. The better the printer, the larger and heavier it is. The smaller the printer, the slower and more limited it is. It's an adventure in compromise, and it's difficult to find a winner.
The two most capable machines are Hewlett-Packard's 4.3-pound DeskWriter 310 and Apple's 4.5-pound Portable StyleWriter. The $379 DeskWriter 310 is an interesting bird. In its most portable configuration, it measures 2.5 inches high by 12 inches wide by 5.75 inches deep. It also holds just one sheet of paper at a time; you must hand-feed the printer for multipage documents. An ...
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