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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Printer dpi is for pictures not for text. All of the latest stuff has photo written all over it.
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When speaking about inkjet printers, you are certainly correct. I was intending to be speaking about
non-color laser printers -- the sort of unit that is purchased primarily for text output. Except at the very bottom end of that market, it's hard to find a 300DPI unit. Most are either 600DPI or 1200DPI. It's also worth remembering that the original LaserWriter from Apple had a 300DPI mechanism (in 1984!)... because that was the minimum for acceptable text quality with most fonts.
So, in the market-space I intended to be describing, I most respectfully disagree. The lowest resolution laser printer I've owned in the last 23 years was that very original LaserWriter. The printer after that was 600DPI (as was the next). My current multi-year-old laser printer is a 1200DPI HP unit, available for under $500. A similar unit is a necessity for anyone who prints significant amounts of text.
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