re laser vs bubblejet kolstad cae wisc edu joel kolstad writes one other thing there are bubblejets and then there are bubblejets there are a few bubblejets out there that produce rather mediocre output such as hp s dinky little bubblejet whereas most produce really good looking output such as hp s deskjets ibm and canon both produce some of the really good style bubblejets p s if you re in the market for a portable bubblejet printer i can highly recommend the hp portable deskjet although i ve heard the portable canons are good too i needed pcl support myself with the deskjet portable you even get an undocumented pcmcia card slot i second that suggestion although i don t own the hp portable deskjet i do own the hp deskjet it gives the nicest outputs with only a minor loss of quality for all intensive purposes papers letters resumes i treat my deskjet like a laser printer you do have to look a bit closely to see the blurs in the characters only one grudge the ink that hp gives you does smudge rather quickly in the presence of moisture even though the ink is waterproof however you would have to spend about more for laser quality the cannon bubblejets are nice however they don t seem to have as much support eg drivers for popular programs as the hp ink jets also hp deskjet regular plus c accepts xerox paper i believe that the cut sheet feeder is an option for the cannon bubblejet if you don t mind refilling your printer with cheap ink say fountain pen ink then the hp deskjets are very cheap to maintain i paid for my last bottle of ink and i expect it to last months kimball who doesn t work for hp but just loves his printer very much ps i have a question for you netters i m too afraid to refill with the waterproof inks they sell in art supply houses because i had brought a bottle of waterproof ink and it clogged up my cartridge i wonder what is a good waterproof ink aside from buying refill kits to refill my cartridge
